#! /bin/bash a=0 b=0 number_of_args=$# # # First see the sufficient cmd args # if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then echo -e "Opps! I need atleast 2 command line args\n" echo -e "Syntax: $0: number1 number2 ... numberN\n" echo -e "Example:$0 5 4\n\t$0 56 66 34" exit 1 fi # # now calculate the average of numbers given on command line as cmd args # a=$1 b=$2 c=`echo $a + $b | bc` echo "$a + $b = $c"