Optional Parameters/arguments while executing a script.
Hello,
I have a shell script "Test.ksh" and I need to pass 8 parameters/arguments while executing the script
Out of these I want first 3 to be compulsory and rest 5 to be optional. Can you suggest the way to do this like and also how to pass these optional arguments like
Is it
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A good place to start is simple variable passing....
Passing variables from one script to another
The next level is passing a variable into a more complex command such as using a variable in a sed command. There are some simple quoting techniques that are very general. These are mentioned... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to call a function inside a shell script. Is there a way in which I can make the parameters options in the call?
Please help me with this.
Thanks!!! (2 Replies)
Hi
I would like to use tar cmd in my script.
I have a variable with filenames, e.g. 1000 records and I would like to paste its values into tar cmd.
For this example I used three elements variable strings.
strings="file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt"
`tar cf file1.tar $strings`
Whether... (1 Reply)
Hi Experts,
There is a shell script that accepts positional parameter between 1-25 to execute case statement of script depending upon the parameter passed.
Now I need to run all the 25 sessions parallely. In each option of case statement it is connecting with sqlplus and executing a select... (11 Replies)
How to declare the two argument for optional switch ?
I have a script that search for a string in current or old zipped log file.
Im using a option something like this
${basename}
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I have an awk script which can be used in the following ways:
xi and xf will only be mandatory when processing the file fin.zc.
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awk -f ./zc2cmd.awk -u
awk -f ./zc2cmd.awk --usg
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Here is my script:
#!/bin/ksh
usage ()
{
echo " Usage: $0 <opt1> <opt2> <opt3> <opt4>"
}
if ; then
usage
exit;
fi
prog -a $1 -b $2 -c $3 -d $4 2>&1 | tee -a ~/$1.log
I want argument 4 to be optional, so if there's no argument for opt4, that it doesn't... (8 Replies)
Hi Unix Gurus,
i am on learning path of unix, and yet to discover many things. I came across with this requirement where i need to pass parameters but the position of parameters is not fixed so after doing some google search got to know "getopts" can handle that. So here is my code:
function... (3 Replies)
Based on arguments passing in command prompt values should fetch and store in new file.
Sample:-
sh test.sh 10 30 35 45
cat test.sh
..
cut -c $1-$2,$3-$4 file_name >> file_new
...
...
Above sample passing 4 arguments.. but it may differ (sh test.sh 10 30 35 45 70 75 ) based on... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Is there a special positional variables for when using the dot (.)?
Scripts are as below:
$: head -100 x.ksh /tmp/y.ksh
==> x.ksh <==
#!/bin/ksh
#
. /tmp/y.ksh 1234 abcd
echo "yvar1 = $yvar1"
echo "yvar2 = $yvar2"
==> /tmp/y.ksh <==
#!/bin/ksh (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
times
times(1) User Commands times(1)NAME
times - shell built-in function to report time usages of the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
times
ksh
times
DESCRIPTION
sh
Print the accumulated user and system times for processes run from the shell.
ksh
Print the accumulated user and system times for the shell and for processes run from the shell.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh(1), sh(1), time(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 times(1)