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Old 04-11-2020
Create array with arguments passed to the script

Hi guys, I have to create an array with the arguments passed to the script .... I thought of something like that ...

Code:
for X in seq 1 $# ;

do 
            arr[X]=$X

done

but if I go to print for example arr [1] I print 1 and not the name of the argument...
can someone help me please?
 

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