#!/bin/bash # usage-message.sh : ${1?"Usage: $0 ARGUMENT"} # Script exits here if command-line parameter absent, #+ with following error message. # usage-message.sh: 1: Usage: usage-message.sh ARGUMENT echo "These two lines echo only if command-line parameter given." echo "command line parameter = \"$1\"" exit 0 # Will exit here only if command-line parameter present. # Check the exit status, both with and without command-line parameter. # If command-line parameter present, then "$?" is 0. # If not, then "$?" is 1.
