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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Default values for positional parameters - dummy question I think Post 302943978 by sea on Thursday 14th of May 2015 12:38:14 PM
Old 05-14-2015
While this works well on short script, with just a single invocation of it, but as soon there are more than one occourence of this syntax, you'll need to change all of them rather than just a single variable assignment.

---------- Post updated at 18:38 ---------- Previous update was at 18:33 ----------

But anyway, have a look at:
Code:
echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3"
set 15 30 45
echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3"
shift
echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3"

Have fun
 

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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD

bootparams

BOOTPARAMS(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual						     BOOTPARAMS(5)

NAME

     bootparams -- boot parameter database

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/bootparams

DESCRIPTION

     The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless(8) clients may request when booting over the network.  Each client supported
     by this server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the servers and pathnames for its root, area.	It may optionally contain
     swap, dump, and other entry types.

     Each line in the file (other than comment lines that begin with a #) specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that the client may
     request by their logical names.  Names are matched in a case-insensitive fashion, and may also be wildcarded using shell-style globbing char-
     acters.

     The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash.

     For example:

	   dummy   root=server:/export/dummy/root 
		   swap=server:/export/dummy/swap 
		   dump=server:/export/dummy/swap 
		   gateway=router:255.255.255.0

     When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for its logical "root" it will be given server ``server'' and pathname
     ``/export/dummy/root'' as the response to its RPC request.

	   netra[1-5]www*  root=server:/export/jumpstart/netra_www

     When any client with a name matching the pattern "netra[1-5]www*" requests the pathname for its logical "root" it will be given server
     ``server'' and pathname ``/export/jumpstart/netra_www'' as the response to its RPC request.  As this example implies, this is useful for set-
     ting up Jumpstart servers for Sun clients.

NOTES

     The server does not default to the localhost, and must be filled in.

FILES

     /etc/bootparams  default configuration file

SEE ALSO

     diskless(8), rpc.bootparamd(8)

BSD
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