Positional parameters beyond $9

[Thomas Omerzu]

In article <991 at dri500.dri.nl> slootman at 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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