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Easily print arguments passed to a `bash` script
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| function printargs { | |
| echo "arguments:" | |
| ii=0 | |
| for arg; do | |
| printf " %u: '%s'\n" "$ii" "$arg" | |
| ((ii++)) | |
| done | |
| } | |
| # usage: | |
| # | |
| # $ source ex.sh | |
| # $ printargs a b c | |
| # arguments: | |
| # 0: 'a' | |
| # 1: 'b' | |
| # 2: 'c' | |
| function another { | |
| echo "printing arguments passed to 'another'..." | |
| printargs "$@" | |
| echo "...done." | |
| } | |
| # example: | |
| # $ another "g h" 1 | |
| # printing arguments passed to 'another'... | |
| # arguments: | |
| # 0: '' | |
| # 1: 'g h' | |
| # 2: '1' | |
| # ...done. |
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