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{{Programming Task}}
to do
 
Retrieve the list of command-line arguments given to the program.
 
Example command line:
 
myprogram -c "alpha beta" -h "gamma"
 
==[[UNIX Shell]]==
===[[sh]]===
To retrieve the entire list of arguments:
WHOLELIST="$@"
To retrieve the second and fifth arguments:
SECOND=$2
FIFTH=$5