Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:02:12 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cons25 && (midc, /stand/sysinstall, etc) Message-ID: <199912271702.SAA28477@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Duke Normandin wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
> >#!/bin/sh -
> >midc "$@"
> >vidcontrol ... [whatever]
> >
> >Save the above as /usr/local/bin/mc, chmod 755 it, and you
> >should be done.
>
> Thanks for the script example! What does the "$@" do/mean?
It will preserve all command-line options and arguments
(including any whitespace), and forward them to midc as-is.
See the explanation of ``@'' in the section "Special
Parameters" in the manpage of sh.
Regards
Oliver
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