SHELL SCRIPT TO SORT IN DESCENDING ORDER THE NUMBERS GIVEN AS SHELL ARGUMENTS

if [ $# -eq 0 ]

then

    echo "Enter valid Arguments"

    exit

fi

> temp

for i in $*

do

echo "$i" >> temp

done

echo "Your sorted data:"

sort -nr temp

echo "End of Script"

Output

sh sort 12 20 9 8 17

Your sorted data :

8 9 12 17 20