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From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM
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Subject: Re: passing parameters in shell scripts
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Date: 14 May 91 01:20:29 GMT
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In-Reply-To: tonytran@portia.Stanford.EDU's message of 13 May 91 21: 52:02 GMT

>>>>> On 13 May 91 21:52:02 GMT, tonytran@portia.Stanford.EDU (Tony) said:

Tony> I have variables on a script whose values I'd like to pass on to
Tony> be used on another script.  Can anyone suggest the best method to
Tony> pass parameters in a shell script?

$ cat script1
other_script ${1+"$@"}

[trusty Bourne shell compatible version]