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From: jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Variable substitition
Message-ID: <7370019@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Dec 90 21:25:05 GMT
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/ hp-lsd:comp.unix.questions / jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) /  8:05 am  Dec  1, 1990 /
In article <8393@star.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
>#	eval echo \"\$$#\"

Or
	eval last=\$$#
	echo "$last"
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for ksh, to ensure the ability to read arguments past $9:

	eval last=\${${#}}
	echo "$last"


Jim Rogers

Some of us deal with more than 9 arguments at a time.