myscript.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash

ARGA=$1

if [ "${ARGA}" = "jsmith" ] ; then
        echo "${ARGA}:Confirmed"
else
        echo "${ARGA}:Unconfirmed"
fi

when I run the above script from the command line, i run it as:

Code:

./myscript.sh jsmith

now some times, i need to runn it this way:

Code:

sed -n 1,9p myscript.sh | bash

notice, there's no where for me to pass whatever argument i need to pass in this command.

does anyone know of a way around this? i want to be able able to pass the "jsmith" as an argument when using the sed command.

my weak attempts at this were:

Code:

sed -n 1,9p myscript.sh | bash jsmith

and

Code:

sed -n 1,9p myscript.sh | bash $*