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Old 01-17-2007
Need to display sorted output on 1 line!
#!/bin/bash
{ [ $# -ge 1 ] && [ $# -le 5 ]; } || {
echo "Must enter between 1 and 5 parameters"
exit 1
}

for P
do
echo $P >> /tmp/task3
done

echo "SORTED: $(sort -n -r /tmp/task3)"
rm -f /tmp/task3
# 2  
Old 01-17-2007
Remove the quotes around the echo "SORTED:....." line - as long as you don't have whitespace in your passed parameters.

Cheers
ZB
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Old 01-17-2007
thanks worked!
 
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