How can I access command line arguments indexed from the end?

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How can I get second argument from the end of arguments line in bash?

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1853946/getting-the-last-argument-passed-to-a-shell-script — moinudin, Feb 28 '11 at 14:17

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:15

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To print the second last argument use:

echo "${@:(-2):1}"

answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:15

dogbane

kurumi · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-28T15:03:46.763

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one way in Bash

set -- ${@:(-2)}
echo $1

or simply

echo ${@:(-2):1}

edited Feb 28 '11 at 15:03

answered Feb 28 '11 at 14:16

kurumi

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