## TITLE: BASH SCRIPT - PASSING VARIABLES TO A SCRIPT ON LAUNCH ## OS: MAC OS 10.6.X ## LAST DOC MODIFY: 2011-11-18 # LAUNCH SCRIPT WITH OPTIONS $ ./da_script -h -a -l # CODE FOR SCRIPT "da_script.sh" while getopts ":hal" opt; do case $opt in h) echo "Script option h selected" pod=3 ;; a) echo "Script option a selected" dave=1 ;; l) echo "Script option l selected" bowman=0 ;; \?) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" ;; esac done __________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2000-2011 Dylan Schneider. All Rights Reserved. This document uses unix line breaks(LF). Text on macnode.com is for example only, not as actual working instructions. Text on macnode.com should only be used as a guide, and only by advanced it professionals.