evaluating ${10} and above in sh/ksh
andrew.d.hay
mvadh at cbnews.att.com
Tue Aug 14 21:26:11 AEST 1990
In article <514 at risky.Convergent.COM>,
chrisb at risky.Convergent.COM (Chris Bertin) writes:
"There doesn't seem to be a way, in sh or ksh, to evaluate $10 and higher.
"$10 and higher are evaluated as ${1}0, ${1}1, etc...
" instead of ${10}, ${11}, etc...
in ksh88, ${10}, ${11}, etc. are evaluated correctly, but YOU MUST
BRACE THE ARGUMENTS! $10 and $11 are evaluated as you experienced.
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