On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:31:52PM -0600, Jon Schewe wrote:
> cp filename ${HOME}/${1}

Reread what Jamie's trying to accomplish.  He wants `myscript user`
to copy the file to ~user, not ~/user.

> Jamie Ostrowski <jamie at getsetnet.net> writes:
> >       I am trying to write a shell script that takes the first argument
> > from the command line as the user to whom a file is placed in their home
> > directory.

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