Passing parameters to shell command within a MAXL script

Hi all,
we are trying to run the following from MAXL console
MAXL> msh script.msh 100 c:\t.txt
where script.msh has the line:
shell 'echo $1 >> $2'
we are looking to add a line with text "100" to the file C:\t.txt but it's actually creating a file called $2 with the text "$1" within it.
How can we workaround it?
Thanks

If I understood well you command line, we would have .log and .err files but .err would be also redirected to .log apart from .err, right?^^^Exactly. That way you can look at either stream, or both. If you think about it, you could test for the existence of any .err file (or come up with your own unique extension for that directory) and flag that after the fact with an email, and attach the specific error and the overall stream. Mind you, given the size of your files, you might want to zip them down first.
It's the best (or, depending on your outlook, the worst) of all worlds.
Scripting is one of those things that isn't very sexy, and when it's done well it just fades into the background and doesn't get the credit it deserves. But when it blows up or is kludgy beyond compare it makes everyone's life miserable.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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