$1=$(($2)) On Monday 29 July 2002 12:37, Bryce C wrote: > Can anyone tell me how, in a bash script, I can move the contents of > variable $2 to variable $1 and so on? I'm writing a bash script to > update some stuff but I'd like to be able to type > script.sh noblah noit nothat > but everything is defaulted yes. > Currently., my script is something like > case "$1" in > noblah) > echo Not doing blah. > $1="$2" > ;; > *) > echo Doing blah; > ;; > esac > case "$1" in > nothis) > echo Not doing this. > $1="$2" > ;; > *) > echo Doing this > ;; > esac > > That sort of thing. Can anyone help? Perhaps a nice online reference? > No books though, I don't have the money or time to buy one. > > Thanks,