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From: omerzu@quando.quantum.de (Thomas Omerzu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Positional parameters beyond $9
Message-ID: <1998@quando.quantum.de>
Date: 16 Apr 91 12:02:39 GMT
References: <991@dri500.dri.nl>
Reply-To: omerzu@quantum.de (Thomas Omerzu)
Organization: Quantum Software GmbH, Dortmund, Germany
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In article <991@dri500.dri.nl> slootman@dri.nl (Paul Slootman) writes:

[...]
>not seen before. If a script has more than 9 positional parameters,
>there seems to be no way to *directly* access the tenth onwards. Try
[...]
>other way. Nothing in TFM states anything about problems with more
>than 9 parameters (unless I've overlooked it...)

Quote from sh(1):

        Parameter Substitution
          The character $ is used to introduce substitutable
          parameters.  There are two types of parameters, positional
          and keyword.  If parameter is a digit, it is a positional
.                                         ^^^^^
          parameter.  Positional parameters may be assigned values by
          set.  Keyword parameters (also known as variables) may be
          assigned values by writing:


digit != number :-)




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