simple query (what mean $# )

hello i have simple query ..

what mean $#
when i typed $# i gave '0'

some spel. character use with $ can you give list of these charater
and its function so i can try to use in some of my script.

thanks

nikunj

Re: simple query (what mean $# )

On 2007-10-05, Nikunj Khakhar wrote:
> hello i have simple query ..
>
> what mean $#
> when i typed $# i gave '0'
>
> some spel. character use with $ can you give list of these charater
> and its function so i can try to use in some of my script.
>
man sh
$# is the number of positional parameters ($1, $2, etc.)