In a bash script what means < $1 >

Question

in a bash script what means < $1 > ? It means that the file is opened to read from it?

Answer 1

$1 is the first parameter after the name of the script.

If you call a script like this: myscript.sh param1 param2

• $0 will be myscript.sh
• $1 will be param1
• $2 will be param2
• ...