That's an excellent and crucial question for understanding Bash scripting!
In Bash, arguments passed to a script are stored in special variables:
$1: Represents the first argument.$2: Represents the second argument.$3: Represents the third argument.- ...and so on, using
$nfor the nth argument.
You can see this in action directly in the script you're working with. For instance:
- In the
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]block, it usesecho "One argument provided: $1"to display the first argument. - In the
elif [ $# -eq 2 ]block, it usesecho "Two arguments provided: $1 and $2"to display both the first and second arguments. - In the
elseblock (for more than two arguments), it explicitly prints$1,$2, and$3.
So, to access any specific argument, you simply refer to it by its position using $1, $2, $3, etc.
Do you want to try modifying the script to display, say, the fourth argument if it exists?