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Operating system: Linux: Command line: Variable: How pass command line parameter in batch file? [$]

Nov 23rd, 2003 17:41
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 24 November 2003 - 02:39 am -------------------

Operating system: Linux: Command line: Variable: How pass command line 
parameter in batch file? [$]

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Use '$'

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(similar to %1 %2 %3, ... in MSDOS)

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e.g.

Type on the command line

 alias test='cat $1'

then use this alias via e.g.

 test ddd.dok

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$1 is the first command line parameter

$2 is the second command line parameter

$* is all the command line parameters (e.g. to print a lot of files, 
use
    pr -f -2 $* | lp

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