William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 19:55 +0100, James Bensley wrote:
>> I can't think of the exact syntax at the minute but something like;
>>
>> if $# => 4 then
>> for i = 1 to ($# - 4)
>> echo "arg number $i is $expr($i)"
>> next
>> fi
>
> $ echo $*
> 1 2 3 4
> $ \
>> while [ "$1" != '' ] ; do
>> echo $1
>> shift
>> done
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> $
>
>> <snip>
Note that (a) the args are gone as you shift them out, so a real script
would need to save $1 into a named variable before each shift if it
wants the value later, and (b), '' is a legitimate and possible argument
on a shell command line so it might be better to check $# for the
count remaining.
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Les Mikesell
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