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Old 12-12-2011
Hello Thanks for the reply, I actually mean't I want the script to be able to use both of them at the same time. Getting an input and also an argument, I want to give the user the choice to use either of them.

Thank you
# 9  
Old 12-12-2011
Code:
if [ $# -gt 0 ]
then
    EXT=$1
else
    read -p "Enter Extension: " EXT
fi

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Old 12-12-2011
Thank you very much
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