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DennyY

06-30-2018 11:51 PM

function and parameter

Hi,

Can someone tell me what's wrong with my script?

Quote:

#!/bin/bash

function hello
{
echo "Hi, my name is $1"
echo $(date)
}

hello $1

I ended up with this:

Quote:

Hi, my name is
Sat Jun 30 21:47:26 PDT 2018

Thank you,
Denny

DennyY

06-30-2018 11:53 PM

function and parameter

Sorry, I did find out what I missed.

Thank you all,
Denny

scasey

07-01-2018 12:47 AM

Would you share it with us, please?

AwesomeMachine

07-01-2018 04:08 AM

He probably ran the command without the name parameter, $1.

DennyY

07-02-2018 09:20 AM

function and parameter

Yes, you were correct. :redface:

-Denny

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine (Post 5874135)

He probably ran the command without the name parameter, $1.

scasey

07-02-2018 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine (Post 5874135)

He probably ran the command without the name parameter, $1.

That’s what I presumed, too...but asking a question and then saying “I got it” without sharing the solution is counter to the spirit of LQ. Just wanted to make that point to the OP and other newbies.

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