Not knowing what shell you use, this is an excerpt from man bash:
Quote:
Shell Function Definitions
A shell function is an object that is called like a simple command and executes a compound command with a new set of positional
parameters. Shell functions are declared as follows:
name () compound-command [redirection]
function name [()] compound-command [redirection]
This defines a function named name. The reserved word function is optional. If the function reserved word is supplied, the
parentheses are optional. The body of the function is the compound command. ...
Hi friends
my C code is
int main()
{
system("cp <source> <destination>");
}
my question is
how to set variables for <source> and <destination>
how can we pass it to system() call.
can you suggest me
thankyou
kingskar (6 Replies)
Hello,
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use strict;
sub System_Status_Main_Service_Status_Intrusion_Prevention
{
my %idpstatus;
my @result;
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sh script.sh yes no good bad
x=$#
while
do
echo (last argument, then second last etc until first argument)
let x=($x-1)
done
should print out
bad
good
no (4 Replies)
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do
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