10.     W.A.S.S to find maximum and minimum number from numbers passed through command line.

Program

# W.A.S.S to find maximum and minimum number from numbers passed through command #line.

 cnt=$#

# //$# gives the count of total number of command line arguments

if [ $cnt -gt 0 ]

then

min=$1

max=$1

 for i in $* # $* stores the command line arguments

 do

  if [ $i -gt $max ]

  then

   max=$i

  elif [ $i -lt $min ]

  then

   min=$i

  fi  

 done

echo "Minimum is : $min"

echo "Maximum is : $max"

else

 echo "Enter the command arguments properly:"

fi

Output

sh cmdline.sh 23 12 45

Minimum is : 12

Maximum is : 45