I trying to run a function outside of my script. Example test.sh:
DAYS=10
IP=1.2.3.4
Main {
functionName ${DAYS} ${IP}
}
functionName() {
echo $1
echo "$2"
}
from command line I'm trying to run the scripts function with different parameters
./test.sh functionName 4 "1.3.4.5"
Having trouble getting it to work so any ideas would be great thanks
Inside the function, $1 is the argument passed to the function, not the argument passed to the script. Just do:
DAYS=${1-10} # set DAYS to first argument, defaulting to "10"
IP=${2-1.2.3.4} # set IP to 2nd argument, defaulting to "1.2.3.4"
Main() {
functionName ${DAYS} ${IP}
}
functionName() {
echo $1
echo "$2"
}
Main
If you source your script, then the functions will be available in your current shell:
. ./test.sh
functionName 4 "1.3.4.5"
Downside is that any code in the sourced script which is not in a function will be run. You can avoid that by (in the sourced script) doing a test like:
if [[ $0 == test.sh ]]
then
Main
fi
which might be why you have a Main? By the way, why are you using global variables? Why not declare them inside Main (using local).
