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How would you write a Bash script that takes command line arguments?

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A Bash script accepting command line arguments utilizes special variables: $0, $1, etc. Here’s a simple example:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Script Name: $0"

echo "First Argument: $1"

echo "Second Argument: $2"

In this script, $0 is the script name itself and $1, $2 are the first and second arguments respectively. To handle an arbitrary number of arguments, use “$@” or “$*”. The former treats each quoted argument as separate while the latter considers all as one.

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