Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:12:54 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shell argument limits at $9 ?? Message-ID: <20010925191254.A45263@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0109250836490.18238-100000@corten8.billschoolcraft.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0109250836490.18238-100000@corten8.billschoolcraft.com>
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:43:53AM -0700, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In a script I'm working on called "testit" it calls for echoing the
> arguments entered. This issue seems to reveal itself as follows when
> I execute the following.
>
> testit a b c d e f g h i j k l m
>
> and then I go to echo $9 and it shows "i" but when I echo $10 it
> shows "a0" and $11 shows "a1" apparently in hex.
Not in hex. That is merely the result of the $1 part of $10 being
replaced by "a" (the first argument) and followed by the "0" of $10.
>
> [question]
>
> How can I set the argument limit higher in the shell environment.
> The shell is GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (i386--freebsd4.2)
Use ${10} , ${11} , etc. to use arguments 10, 11 etc.
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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