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. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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