how to insert $2 argument until the end to variable?
 

how to insert $2 argument until the end to variable?

For example:

>> cucu.csh user "long long message "

$1 = user
$2 = "long long message "

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You might have to explain further?? You seemed to have asked the question and provided the answer.

What i'm trying to say is...

how can i set $2 to be the rest of the line.

for now i have $2 = "long"

Do you mean "even if the rest of the line isn't quoted"?

You don't have to SET anything. Your first parameter is $1, and your entire second parameter, so long as it's enclosed in quotes, is $2.

Here's a simple script called test.sh, to demonstrate this principle:

And here's the result of running it:

O.K...

So if i force user to use " message "
how can i check if it use commas for message?

I assume you mean quotes, not commas. The answer is: it depends.

If you only expect two parameters, then the presence of a third parameter would indicate the user had failed to use quotes correctly. In that case, I'd add a test to see if $3 is non-blank, and echo an error message if true.

Another way you could go is like this:

This one assumes no more than five words are part of the long string. You could expand it to the max you expect, or construct a FOR loop. Either way, the user no longer has to worry about quotes.

The catch is that all whitespace will be converted into a single space. So if the user enters (without quotes) this:

the script will see it like this:

Whitespace will still be preserved if quotes are used.

Also if you really only want to have 2 and exactly 2 arguments:

If your script expects two arguments, and you want to combine any extra arguments to the second one, use
and you have the first argument in $first, and the rest in $second.