KSH script arguments

[Brian Kenney]

In article <b4CC02oVc3Jx01 at amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> jonc at amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Jonathan Chang) writes:
 
>How can I extract the last argument to a ksh script?
>Example:
>	myscript arg1 arg2 arg3
 
>Within the script, I want to (easily) know the value of 'arg3'.  
>$# returns the number of arguments, $1 is the first argument, 
>but what's the variable that cotains the last argument?
 
>Thanks!
>jonc at uts.amdahl.com

args=$*
arg3=${args##* }

You're welcome.

I got this from The Kornshell Command and Programming Language by
Bolsky and Korn.  I highly recommend it.

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       Brian Kenney                                      kenney at hsi.com