Start Input not on next line?

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

I'm curious also to find if it is possible to begin input in this manner

$script.sh input

where the user enters 'script.sh' but the input goes directly next to the command instead of the new line. \c doesn't seem to work but I think it should be possible.

Has anyone done this before? Its probably a normal enough requirement?

2

Let me get this straight. Do you want to pass input as a parameter to script.sh ? If yes, then script.sh input works just fine. Else explain again.

3

it doesn't seem to work that way for me...

my first lines are

#!/bin/sh
read variable

which automatically throws the cursor below the command waiting for input, and if I enter the input directly following the command and press enter then it sits on the next line waiting for the command still...

4

That is how the read command works. The args passed to a shell script are labelled $1, $2, ..., $9, ${10}, ${11}... The double digit args are not available in the original bourne shell, but you can use them in the ksh and the bash shells.

About your code:

#!/bin/sh
variable=$1
echo $variable

Then run the script the same way that you are currently running it.

5

ahhh I didn't realise that, I understood the $1 stuff but didn't realise if that was at the top of the page it automatically picked up the input.

Thanks guys am learning heaps.