Many bash scripts use arguments to control the commands that they will run and the information that will be provided to the people running them. This post examines a number of ways that you can verify ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...

Does anyone have an example of a script that takes parameters (so the user can specify the parameters in any order of their choosing)?<BR><BR>E.g.:<BR><BR>myscript -u username -p password -c ...

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