Scripting question?

[Willem van der Walt]

Thanks!
I forgot about shift.
Regards, Willem

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Steve Holmes wrote:

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> That's how I do my multi file conversion scripts such as going from mp3
> to wav, ogg to / from mp3, etc.
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> On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:51:47PM -0700, Ralph W. Reid wrote:
>> How about 'shift'?  For example:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> while [ "$1" != "" ];
>> do
>> echo $1
>> shift
>> done
>>
>> HTH, and have a _great_ day.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 04:10:47PM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>>> What is the syntax for refering to $n in a script?
>>> I want to loop through $1 through $# and am struggeling to refer to, lets
>>> say $1 or $3 where n equels 1 or 3.
>>> TIA
>>> Willem
>>>
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