parameters.sh

declare -A ENTRY

VAR="HI EVERYBODY IM A SCRIPT BASH TO TEST PARAMETERS"

	ENTRY[1]=$(/bin/bash -c 'echo "$1"' $VAR)
	ENTRY[1-]=$(/bin/bash -c 'if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$@" ; fi' $VAR)
	ENTRY[2]=$(/bin/bash -c 'echo "$2"' $VAR)
	ENTRY[2-]=$(/bin/bash -c 'if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then echo "$(echo "$@" | cut -d " " -f2-)" ; fi' $VAR)
	ENTRY[3]=$(/bin/bash -c 'echo "$3"' $VAR)
	ENTRY[3-]=$(/bin/bash -c 'if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then echo "$(echo "$@" | cut -d " " -f3-)" ; fi' $VAR)
	ENTRY[4]=$(/bin/bash -c 'echo "$4"' $VAR)
	ENTRY[4-]=$(/bin/bash -c 'if [ $# -gt 3 ]; then echo "$(echo "$@" | cut -d " " -f4-)" ; fi' $VAR)
	ENTRY[5]=$(/bin/bash -c 'echo "$5"' $VAR)
	ENTRY[5-]=$(/bin/bash -c 'if [ $# -gt 4 ]; then echo "$(echo "$@" | cut -d " " -f5-)" ; fi' $VAR)
	
echo ${ENTRY[1-]}

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Only text in count, ex. VAR="1 2 3 4 5"
echo ${ENTRY[2]}
returns: 2
VAR="1 2 3 4 5"
echo ${ENTRY[2-]}
returns: 2 3 4 5
ENTRY[NUMBER] = Just one parameter.
ENTRY[NUMBER-] = Text from parameter.
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