On 2007-05-12, jdh239 wrote: > > I saw something similar to this in the archives already, but didn't see a > real answer. I am modifying my 'whois' command to just grep for the > expiration date of my domains: > > ie jwhois > > whois $DOM | grep -i expi | grep -i -e jan -e feb -e mar -e apr -e may -e > jun -e jul -e aug -e sep -e oct -e nov -e dec | grep -i -v date > > What I would like is to pass in the parameter in the commandline: jwhois ><domain> > > Currently I have: > echo -n "Enter the domain name: " > read DOM > > I would prefer, again, just to execute the command with the domain name > following.... Not sure how to do it. I have been looking around and saw > things like getopts, but I am only passing in one variable and thought it > should be fairly simple
whois "$1" | grep ... -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
