Check minimum Command Line Parameters in Shell Script

The below code snippet shows how can check whether the minimum number for paramters are passed to the shell script or not.

-bash-3.2$ cat check_min_params
MINPARAMS=10
echo "All the command-line parameters are: "$*""
if [ $# -lt "$MINPARAMS" ]
then
  echo
  echo "This script needs at least $MINPARAMS command-line arguments!"
fi
echo
exit 0

OUTPUT :

-bash-3.2$ sh check_min_paramsAll the command-line parameters are:
This script needs at least 10 command-line arguments!
-bash-3.2$ sh check_min_params p1 p2 p3All the command-line parameters are: p1 p2 p3
This script needs at least 10 command-line arguments!
-bash-3.2$ sh check_min_params p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10All the command-line parameters are: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10

$# --> Total number of parameter passed from shell script command line to the program.