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Old 05-05-2009
Shell Scripts

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Last edited by zxc; 05-05-2009 at 12:56 AM..
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Old 05-05-2009
Test the no of arguments passed with the shell script while running it.

Code:
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: name string"
echo "Please enter a string with the script"
exit 0
else
grep $1 xcv | sort -n -k 2
fi

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
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