Re: Can $1 be set in a script?

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:44:57 -0900, Floyd L. Davidson
<floyd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
larryalk <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To be clearer, assuming a script called with or without a $1
how can I can assign the (possibly non-existant) $1 to something?

Instead of

something=${1}

Do this,

if [ -z "${1}" ]
then
something="default string"
else
something="${1}"
fi

something=${1:-"default string"}


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