What are positional parameters in unix?



What are positional parameters in unix?..

Answer / Om Shankar Trivedi

Positional parameters in Unix refer to arguments passed to a shell script or command. They are numbered $1, $2, $3, etc., and can be used within the script to access and manipulate those arguments.

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