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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: /bin/sh
Message-ID: <1990Jan16.010333.7405@virtech.uucp>
Date: 16 Jan 90 01:03:33 GMT
References: <620@dr.uucp>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <620@dr.uucp>, thormod@dr.uucp (Thormod N{ringsrud) writes:
> I often have a need to pick up the last parameter $1, $2 .. from
> the parameter list.  I have tried to catch it by referring $$#
> which gives me "processnumber"#.  Then I tried ${$#} which I really
> thought would work,  but got instead the message: bad variabel substitution.

The following will work in /bin/sh:

	`eval echo \\\${$#}`

Not easy to type, but it works for shells.
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