[Gllug] csh shell scripting woes

[Tom Gilbert]

* Stig Brautaset (stigbrau at start.no) wrote:
> Hi there, 
> 
> Actually, this time it is my housemate that needs help. He needs to
> write a shell script in csh for one of his courseworks. The script
> should take either of the optional arguments -i or -f. The problem he is
> facing is that the shell has its own interpretation of e.g. -f, so the
> script fails.
> 
> He has, as a temporarily measure, written the script to function
> correctly if the arguments are either i or f (no - if front), but surely
> there must be a way to turn off this "feature"? 
> 
> Both he and I have tried every combination of --, -f, -b, -c etc we
> could think of at the end of #!/bin/csh which obviously is the first
> line. We *have* read the manpage, but if it contains a clear explanation
> of the problem, then I for one can't find it. 

Er. Why are you putting arguments there?
I assume you mean he's writing a program that needs to take an -f
parameter and putting it in the hashbang, e.g:
#!/bin/csh -f

Why? That's not how you write a script that takes arguments, under any
shell.

#!/bin/csh
Is all you need. You handle the arguments in the script ($1, $2, $*,
etc)

Tom.
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