#!/bin/bash
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#
# An example to show reading from a file
# and some command line variables
#
# Author: Bill Kraynek
#
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# The -e option of the echo command allows special chars
# like \b \c \n etc to be interpreted
echo -e "Enter a line: \c"
read line
echo "You entered: $line"
echo -e "Enter another line: \c"
read word1 word2 word3
echo "The first word was: $word1"
echo "The second word was: $word2"
echo "The rest of the line was: $word3"
echo "The command name is: $0."
echo "The number of command line arguments is $#."
echo "The value of the arguments are: $1 $2 $3 $4"
echo "Another way to display the arguments: $@."
exit 0