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Thanks for the info. I will check it out and see if I can get it straight how it works.

Doug

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I am trying to find were to look for definitions of these variables; $0, $1, $2, $#, $$ , $*. I am not having much luck with my searching. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Trying to get a better handle on variables. ie how $1, $2, $3... are used. I have tried searching this site without much luck. When it would be used in [ $1 = -d ] how is $1 used in a...

Hi
Found my solution.
#!/bin/sh
if [ $1 = -d ]
then
ls -l | grep "^d" | wc -l
exit
fi
Type the name of the file and add -d will output the number of directories
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Thanks, Red

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I tried using code from bottom code box. When I executed code, I got and error 3: syntax error "(" unexpected. I tried using back ticks, no errors but did not have any output. I also tried...

Hi and thanks for the reply's. I am using vi editor and trying to create a script using if statements. I will see what I can do with the suggestions.

Thanks, Red



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I am very new to Unix programming and shell scripting. I am trying t figure out how to write a little script that will output the number of directories. I can find the number of directories...