Hi folks,
Here i have written a shell script to calculate a maximum number from 10 numbers entered on command line.
max=0
echo Enter 10 numbers , one at a time
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
do
read n
max=`expr $max + $n`
if[$n -gt max]
--- At this last step there is some problem, it gives error message , what is the problem?
there should be space between if & [.
if[$n -gt max]
change it to ..
if [$n -gt max]
Add spaces after [ and before ]
if [ $n -gt max ]
1.you have not mentioned $symbol for max
2. No space between if and [
max=0
echo Enter 10 numbers , one at a time
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
do
read n
max=`expr $max + $n`
if[ $n -gt $max ]
Hey , Thank you everyone for detecting the error. 
As, you have seen this code, this runs for only numbers from 1 to 10 ,and accordingly takes input from the user .
I want to run this program for n command line arguments. So I have done this :-
max=0
echo Enter the numbers from which max no. is to be chosen
for i in $*
// Here, in the end, the problem is that $* stands for No. of command line line arguments , how do I read n command line arguments and work accordingly ? 
Try with $# =)
#!/bin/sh
echo $#
exit 0
./script a b d f e c abcdef
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