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From: greg@cheers.Bungi.COM (Greg Onufer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Positional parameters beyond $9 (manpage is right)
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Date: 17 Apr 91 11:46:02 GMT
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slootman@dri.nl (Paul Slootman) writes:
>OK, so, there *ISN'T* a way to directly access positional parameters
>beyond $9 (besides shifting). :-( I'll stay with my hack, then.

Please note that (at least in the draft I have) POSIX specifies in
its Shells and Utilities standard that ${10} and higher are allowed
and work as expected.  The braces are required, but are optional 
in the single digit case (so scripts that relied on $10 being
${1}0 still work?).

Conclusion?  Get yourself a POSIX-compliant shell.

Cheers!greg