Passing the entire command line

Passing the entire command line

[Adam Luchjenbroers]

While bash can retrieve the different commandline values using the variables 
$1, $2, $3, etc - is there a way to just read out them all at once (with 
spaces between the values).

I use startup scripts for many of my games, and I want the script to pass 
through command line options at the end (for connecting to servers, etc).

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Re: Passing the entire command line

[Mike Dresser]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Adam Luchjenbroers wrote:

>
> While bash can retrieve the different commandline values using the variables
> $1, $2, $3, etc - is there a way to just read out them all at once (with
> spaces between the values).
>
> I use startup scripts for many of my games, and I want the script to pass
> through command line options at the end (for connecting to servers, etc).

mdresser@router:~$ cat testingforadam
echo $*
mdresser@router:~$ ./testingforadam hello adam how are you today
hello adam how are you today

=)

Mike

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Re: Passing the entire command line

[hackob]

Put them between ""

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Luchjenbroers" <Adam@Luchjenbroers.com>
To: <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:05 PM
Subject: Passing the entire command line


>
> While bash can retrieve the different commandline values using the
variables
> $1, $2, $3, etc - is there a way to just read out them all at once (with
> spaces between the values).
>
> I use startup scripts for many of my games, and I want the script to pass
> through command line options at the end (for connecting to servers, etc).
>
> --
> Linux...
> "Find out what you've been missing while you've been rebooting Windows
NT."
> -Infoworld
>
> -
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Re: Passing the entire command line

[James Mohr]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Luchjenbroers" <Adam@Luchjenbroers.com>
> To: <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:05 PM
> Subject: Passing the entire command line
>
> > While bash can retrieve the different commandline values using the
>
> variables
>
> > $1, $2, $3, etc - is there a way to just read out them all at once (with
> > spaces between the values).
> >
> > I use startup scripts for many of my games, and I want the script to pass
> > through command line options at the end (for connecting to servers, etc).

The special variable $* (dollar-sign asterisk) contains ALL of the positional 
parameters, regardless of how many they are. This is obiviously useful when 
you do not know how many variables will be passed. The variable $0 stands for 
the actual command. More details can be found here:

http://www.linux-tutorial.info/cgi-bin/display.pl?33&0&0&0&3

Regards,

jimmo

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