#!/bin/sh FILE=$1 WHAT=$2 if [ ! -r $FILE ] ; then echo "usage: $0 [version|major|minor|patch]" fi case $WHAT in version) cat $FILE | sed 's/ /./g' ;; major) cat $FILE | awk '{print $1}' ;; minor) cat $FILE | awk '{print $2}' ;; patch) cat $FILE | awk '{print $3}' ;; *) echo "usage: $0 [version|major|minor|patch]" ;; esac