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Scala command line FAQ: How do I read command line arguments (args) in a Scala shell script?

If your Scala shell script is very short, and you're not using an object or class declaration -- i.e., you have no main method -- you can access the script's command line arguments through the default args array, which is made available to you by Scala.

For instance, you can create a one-line Scala script named hello.scala like this:

Perl FAQ: How do I read command-line arguments in Perl?

If you want to handle simple Perl command line arguments, such as filenames and strings, this tutorial is for you. If you want to handle command-line options (flags) in your Perl scripts (like "-h" or "--help"), this new Perl getopts command line options/flags tutorial is what you need.

Unix/Linux bash shell script FAQ: How do I prompt a user for input from a shell script (Bash shell script), and then read the input the user provides?

Answer: I usually use the shell script "read" function to read input from a shell script. Here are two slightly different versions of the same shell script. This first version prompts the user for input only once, and then dies if the user doesn't give a correst Y/N answer:

Ruby FAQ: How do I create a variable length argument list in a Ruby method?

One thing I really dig about Ruby is that I can create methods and functions that support variable-length argument lists. It's not something you need all the time, but it sure is nice to have it when you need it.

Here's how you create and then call a Ruby function/method that can take a variable number of arguments: