How to give script a parameter?

[tonytiger]

Hi. I'm wondering is it possible to give script a parameter and how to use it? Let's say I'd like to print out the parameter I give when executing the script. So the script file would be something like:

#!/bin/sh -v
# Get the parameter.
echo "$parameter"

And I'd like to run this with command (if the script is named test):

./test -parameter

Hope you understand what I mean.

So is this possible? If so, then how?

Thank you.

Tony

[homey]

Do you mean something like this?

./test one two three

#!/bin/bash
echo this is $0
echo this is $1
echo this is $2
echo this is $3

[tonytiger]

Not actually.
I'll try to explain a little bit more.
I'd like to give the script a parameter which could be used then in the script. Idea would be similar as using functions (object etc.) with paramters in normal programming languages.

My actual problem is that I need to update file using scp. However the name of the updated file differs everytime. So instead of writting

scp file.html username@server.com:directory/subdirectory/webpage.html

everytime, I' d like to create a script which takes file.html as parameter and executes the scp ... command with the given file.html.

Tony

[homey]

scp is going to want a password.

./test file

scp $1.html username@server.com:directory/subdirectory/webpage.html

[JordanN]

$1 is reserved for the first parameter after the script name
$2 is the second
$n is the nth

ie: myscript.sh parameter1 parameter2

[tonytiger]

Ah. Ok. Didn't catch you at the first time homey. Thank you both.

Tony