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From: slootman@dri.nl (Paul Slootman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Positional parameters beyond $9 (manpage is right)
Message-ID: <1006@dri500.dri.nl>
Date: 16 Apr 91 14:44:09 GMT
References: <991@dri500.dri.nl> <1998@quando.quantum.de>
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In article <1998@quando.quantum.de> omerzu@quantum.de (Thomas Omerzu) 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
[...]
|digit != number :-)

OOPS! You're right...

OK, so, there *ISN'T* a way to directly access positional parameters
beyond $9 (besides shifting). :-( I'll stay with my hack, then.

Paul.
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