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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Variable substitition
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Date: 6 Dec 90 18:25:04 GMT
References: <1990Nov30.092424@cs.utwente.nl> <7370019@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
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In article <7370019@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>,
	jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers) writes:
)...
)for ksh, to ensure the ability to read arguments past $9:
)
)	eval last=\${${#}}

...just like in POSIX-compatible shells.
BTW, the braces around the `#' are unnecessary.
--
In the Bourne shell syntax tabs and spaces are equivalent almost everywhere.
The exception: here documents.  :-(
Does anyone remember the famous mistake Makefile-novices often make?