maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (12/05/90)
A slight improvement of my original solution. # How to get the last argument of a shell script reliably. # If you are sure the number of arguments is in [1-9], you can use this: # # eval last=\$$# # # The general solution works for ANY number of arguments. set a b c d e f g h i j k l m -n # For example. case $# in 0) # So the user tried to be funny; let's give him a little surprise. exec kill -SYS $$ ;; [1-9]) eval last=\$$# ;; *) last=` n=$# set '' ${1+"$@"} shift $n echo -n "$1" ` esac echo "last=|$last|" -- Q: "Is there a newsgroup for astrology/para-normal?" A: "Why don't you consult the stars and find out ??" -- Phil Watson <pwatson@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au>