Oh, did you mean you wanted the arguments or the number of args? Use $* or $@ to get the entire list of args after $0, and $# to get the number of args -- can't remember if $0 is included in that one. Good luck. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Scripting Question: It is very simple you just $* instead of $0. If you enclose it in quotes you will also get arguments which are meant to be together. #!/bin/bash echo "$*" Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
