From: Brian Mitchell <binary42@...>
Date: 2005-09-26T14:32:15+09:00
Subject: Re: noob question

On 9/25/05, Dirk Meijer <hawkman.gelooft@gmail.com> wrote:
> this may be a stupid question, and i might have even overlooked it in the
> pickaxe, but what code do i need to insert in my program so it takes
> parameters passed by the shell as variables?
> greetings, Dirk.

ARGV are the parameters. $0 is the program name.

ARGF is another odd tool for some tasks. I recommend avoiding it
unless it is for simple scripts.

Brian.