bash defaults Jun 15, 2017 Here’s a quick way to provide a default value to a bash script in case one is not passed in as an argument: build-docker-image.sh #!/bin/bash tag=${1:-latest} docker build -t my_docker_image:$tag . // usage ./scripts/build-docker-image.sh 1.3.0 # => my_docker_image:1.3.0 ./scripts/build-docker-image.sh # => my_docker_image:latest