hi everyone!
I came across to this question and excuse my ignorance but, I do not understand the question at all. Would someone please give me some guidance? thank you!

If the command line to run your script looks like this:

./scriptname file1 file2

What would $2 refer to in the script?

This looks very much like homework. Believe it or not, despite the rule against homework:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html
...I am not opposed to help out with these kind of questions. Provided that you tell *up front* that it is indeed homework.

Homework or not; I suggest you use DuckDuckGo, you will find the answer in a minute.
https://is.gd/ez6qCb

Best regards,
HMW

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Seems like it's another homework question....have you checked your textbooks and/or asked your instructor??

Think about what you're doing here...you're typing in a script name, and two command line arguments to that script. The first argument would be, $1....so......

I agree with HMW...we don't mind helping out with homework, but you need to be upfront about it, and you do need to show some effort of your own. These questions are to help YOU learn, so you have to start thinking about them, and trying to figure them out.

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I am very confuse about the rules about this forum... I am an old dude trying to learn Linux for the class I am taking. If you see my post history, at the begging I used the word "Homework" and I was told not to use that word anymore. So I am not using it.

With my post, I am not looking for people to just give me the answer and move on! I am 41 years old and because I did not do what I was suppose to do when I was a young man, I am back in school dealing with three kiddos at home at the same time trying to get a degree. I am here to LEARN, not to pass a course. So, I do not understand what they are saying about $2 in the script.

Thank you for your understanding and help. Would you please give me some guidance?

You have been given the tools to LEARN this already.

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But... this course you are taking must surely have textbooks of some kind, or provide some sort of online help?

Regardless, if you clicked the link(s) I provided from DuckDuckGo, you will find all the necessary information about $2. Also, TB0ne provided you with more than just a small hint in his post.

I too have taken classes with small kids at home. I know that it is not easy.

Thank you guys! Expecially TB0ne and HWM.

I didn't know about duckduckg.com

DuckDuckGo is like Google minus the spying and intrusion! In other words; a search engine. Use it!

Best regards,
HMW

SO you mean that I can use it as my default search engine instead of Google?

Yes, if you use Firefox, see this link:
https://duck.co/help/desktop/firefox

Thank you VERY much HMW!