08-11-2010
Passing a parameter to a shell script?
I would like to run a compress script on files in certain directories.
My compress_script.sh is just basically
compress file*
In order for me to use this I have to copy it into each directory and run it.
How can I state the directory on the command line with the compress script so it compress all the files in the directory I state on the command line without having to copy the script into each directory. I think I can pass the directory name as a parameter? Thanks in advance.
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