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Old 07-17-2009
add variable to script

Hello

i am creating script to do some process
and i need to add variable to the script before it runs

so inside the script is should wait for variable with &&id and while running script i should write down this id
example:
./script.sh 2938

how this can be implemnted?

regards
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Old 07-17-2009
I don't know if I fully understand what you're asking for but it seems you're wanting to pass information to a script and then use it within the script. When you add command line parameters as you did they are available within the script, in the order they are in at the command line, as $1, $2, $3, and so on. So, using the example you give, if script.sh contained:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo "The command line parameter was: $1"

./script.sh 2938 would output

Code:
The command line parameter was: 2938

Here's some more info: Variables
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