|
|
Sponsored Content
Top Forums
Shell Programming and Scripting
Command line arguments for addition
Post 302692909 by vbe on Tuesday 28th of August 2012 08:18:40 AM
|
|
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Is there a way to get the command line arguments.
I am using getopt(3) but if the arguments are more than one for a particular option than it just ignores the second argument. For eg
./a.out -x abc def
now abd will be got with -x using getopt "( x : )" and string abc\0def will get stored... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jayakhanna
7 Replies
2. Programming
Hi
How to pass multi line text as a command line argument to a program.
(i.e)
./a.out hi this is sample 0 file1
where
hi this is sample should be stored in argv
0 in argv and so on... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bankpro
3 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
How many arguments can we pass while testing a prgm at command line..
I encountered an issue while passing 10 arguments.
For $10 its taking argument passed for $1 followed by 'zero'.
can we pass more than 9 arguments /Is there any other way.
Thanks,
rrs (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: rrs
6 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have this while loop and at the end I am trying to get it to tell me the last argument I entered. And with it like this all I get is the sentence with no value for $1. Now I tried moving done after the sentence... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: skooly5
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
When i am running the following script 1.sh (without giving the command line arguments) then i am getting the following error.
if
then
echo "UID and PWD are correct"
elif
then
echo "Either UID or PWD is wrong. Please check your UID and PWD"
else
echo "UID and PWD can't be blank"... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: sunitachoudhury
9 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am working on a script wherein i need the user to enter the Build ID
for eg:the command line will show
enter the build ID
Now on entering the build ID it should be assigned to @ARGV.
How can this be done.? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Varghese
1 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I'm having problems with a script where I wanted every single option specified in the command line to have an argument taken with it, but for some reason only d works in the code I will be showing below.
For example if I did ./thisfile -a something
it would come up with "a chosen with " as... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: IceX
2 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can anyone please help me to know what is the maximum number of command line arguments that we can pass in unix shell script?
Thanks in advance,
Punitha.S (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: puni
2 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi, can someone how to accept command line arguments as a variable using in script?
like: ./scriptname arguments
by accept arguments, I can use it in my script?
thx! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ikeQ
1 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,,,,
I want to create a command prompt, for example "prompt>", so my prompt need to handle commands, for example "prompt>cmd", so i want to know how to get arguments for my own commands cmd, i.e. default argc should contain arguments count and argv should point to the argument vector i.e, for... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vins_89
2 Replies
LEARN ABOUT LINUX
shift
SHIFT(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual SHIFT(P) NAME
shift - shift positional parameters SYNOPSIS
shift [n] DESCRIPTION
The positional parameters shall be shifted. Positional parameter 1 shall be assigned the value of parameter (1+n), parameter 2 shall be assigned the value of parameter (2+n), and so on. The parameters represented by the numbers "$#" down to "$#-n+1" shall be unset, and the parameter '#' is updated to reflect the new number of positional parameters. The value n shall be an unsigned decimal integer less than or equal to the value of the special parameter '#' . If n is not given, it shall be assumed to be 1. If n is 0, the positional and special parameters are not changed. OPTIONS
None. OPERANDS
See the DESCRIPTION. STDIN
Not used. INPUT FILES
None. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
None. ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default. STDOUT
Not used. STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. OUTPUT FILES
None. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None. EXIT STATUS
The exit status is >0 if n>$#; otherwise, it is zero. CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default. The following sections are informative. APPLICATION USAGE
None. EXAMPLES
$ set a b c d e $ shift 2 $ echo $* c d e RATIONALE
None. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
Special Built-In Utilities COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . IEEE
/The Open Group 2003 SHIFT(P)