Timeline for Getting the last argument passed to a shell script
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| Aug 12, 2021 at 7:46 | answer | added | Truoc Pham | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 15:18 | comment | added | Tom Hale |
Note: ${!#} doesn't work in zsh. For a solution which works in both {ba,z}sh, see here .
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| Oct 31, 2019 at 11:06 | answer | added | sripwoud | timeline score: -2 | |
| Sep 29, 2019 at 14:56 | answer | added | Thain | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 10:26 | answer | added | Tom Hale | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 12, 2018 at 5:57 | answer | added | user8017719 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 10:33 | comment | added | Arch Stanton |
${!#}, unlike ${@: -1}, also works with parameter expansion. You can test it with bash -c 'echo ${!#%.*}' arg1.out arg2.out arg3.out.
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 19:56 | answer | added | Jurij | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 21:19 | comment | added | oHo |
For only bash, the Kevin Little's answer proposes the simple ${!#}. Test it using bash -c 'echo ${!#}' arg1 arg2 arg3. For bash, ksh and zsh, the Dennis Williamson's answer proposes ${@: -1}. Moreover ${*: -1} can also be used. Test it using zsh -c 'echo ${*: -1}' arg1 arg2 arg3. But that does not work for dash, csh and tcsh.
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| Jun 2, 2016 at 20:48 | answer | added | Tahsin Turkoz | timeline score: 42 | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 11:43 | comment | added | Prateek Joshi | use can also use ${ !# } | |
| Aug 17, 2015 at 15:21 | answer | added | esavier | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 11:14 | answer | added | EndlosSchleife | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 19:42 | answer | added | tekbot | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 23, 2014 at 21:07 | answer | added | frank1rizzo | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 28, 2014 at 17:18 | answer | added | Perfect64 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 15:27 | history | edited | Zombo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 31, 2013 at 2:00 | answer | added | Ranjithkumar T | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 26, 2013 at 9:20 | answer | added | Paweł Nadolski | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 15:47 | answer | added | Michał Šrajer | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jan 22, 2013 at 15:52 | answer | added | David E. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 27, 2012 at 0:29 | answer | added | Zombo | timeline score: 108 | |
| Jan 15, 2012 at 10:00 | answer | added | poiuz | timeline score: 26 | |
| Mar 31, 2011 at 6:30 | answer | added | AgileZebra | timeline score: 31 | |
| Mar 13, 2010 at 19:47 | answer | added | Kevin Little | timeline score: 81 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 2:11 | comment | added | Inshallah | faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/section-12.html | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:33 | vote | accept | Thomas | ||
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:26 | answer | added | Dennis Williamson | timeline score: 350 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:21 | comment | added | Thomas | I was using bash, but the more portable solution the better. | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:16 | answer | added | Laurence Gonsalves | timeline score: 205 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:15 | answer | added | Mikael S | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:13 | answer | added | Mark Byers | timeline score: 36 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:11 | answer | added | paxdiablo | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:09 | answer | added | Laurence Gonsalves | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:06 | answer | added | dusan | timeline score: 10 | |
| Dec 6, 2009 at 0:02 | answer | added | Craig Trader | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 5, 2009 at 23:58 | history | asked | Thomas | CC BY-SA 2.5 |