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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Function problem Post 302885185 by cero on Friday 24th of January 2014 04:56:31 AM
Old 01-24-2014
Hi,
your script defines some functions but never uses them. When you process the userinput you call some commands directly that you use in the functions .
About your problem: command line arguments are stored in the positional parameters. They are referenced by a number which reflects their position. The first argument is $1, the second $2,... The special parameter $# holds the number of arguments passed.
I would check if $# is 1 and if that's true assign the corresponding number to the variable input depending on what $1 holds.
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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

       bup margin [options...]

DESCRIPTION

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