Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:36:32 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Got 2 Question Message-ID: <20011113073632.A1516@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <003201c16c16$dbc844e0$d9c89d18@mtki1.on.home.com> References: <003201c16c16$dbc844e0$d9c89d18@mtki1.on.home.com>
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:43:16PM -0800, Haroon Khan wrote: > This question I found in a text. > > topic: Bourne shell > > Write a shell script that displays the first 12 command line arguments, = > > one argument per line > #!/bin/sh # 12 args version 1 # for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 do echo "$1" shift done #!/bin/sh # 12 args version 2 # for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 do if [ "$1" != "" ]; then echo $1 shift else echo "Less than 12 arguments given dimmo !" 1>&2 exit 1; fi done [ $# -ne 0 ] && { echo "You gave me more than 12 arguments, that exceeds my design spec." 1>&2; } exit 0 #!/bin/sh # 12 args version 3 # MAXARGS=12 NARGS=0 while [ $# -gt 0 ] do echo $1 shift NARGS=`expr $NARGS + 1` [ $# -eq 0 -o $NARGS -eq $MAXARGS ] && { break; } done etc etc etc > second question > topic unix c shell > > What does the following command do? > > 137% pushed ~/literature > No idea, I avoid the C shell except under extreme pressure... -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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