FreeBSD Online - Write a procedure in UNIX Shell Scripting

Home

Shell Programming

Write a procedure in UNIX Shell Scripting

Write a procedure in UNIX Shell Scripting

PDF

Saturday, 23 January 2010

To create a procedure in a shell script use the following example:

Exxample of a procedure / function in UNIX Shell Scripting

#!/bin/sh
my_option="option"
my_function()
{
param=$1
echo "now executing custom function with parameter: "$param
}
my_function $my_option

See example 2 for a procedure without parameters:

Example 2: a procedure without parameters

#!/bin/sh
my_function()
{
echo "now executing custom function"
}
my_function

< Prev		Next >

Tips

Applications Tips

Programming Tips

Other BSD Systems

Apple's OSX

Cocoa Touch Tips

Cocoa Touch Errors

Resources

FreeBSD Resources

Polls

Best BSD firewall?

	ipfilter
	ipfw
	pf