Bash - getarg.sh <arg#> <argument>

[BabyGGuy]

I created a script to get an argument out of some string. This script will be used by other scripts to parse string.

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <argnum> <arg>"
  exit 1
fi

num=$1
shift
echo `eval echo '$'$num`

Examples:
$ ./getarg.sh 1 hi how are "you ?"
hi

$ ./getarg.sh 4 hi how are "you ?"
you ?

1) Is there away for me to do this without having to execute a script? i.e. using getopts or something similar?

2) If not is this the best way of doing it?

Thanks all !

[khafa]

im not sure that i understood the question but if what you mean is
1) instead of calling this script in the final script can I parse the arguments directly in the final script?

then the answer is yes. you can use getopts to do this . but in that case you will need to introduce options like you see them in every Unix-like tool( for example "top -n 1").

getopts is explained here
getopts


sorry if i misunderstood your question