Variable substitition
Maarten Litmaath
maart at cs.vu.nl
Fri Dec 7 05:25:04 AEST 1990
In article <7370019 at hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>,
jimr at hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers) writes:
)...
)for ksh, to ensure the ability to read arguments past $9:
)
) eval last=\${${#}}
...just like in POSIX-compatible shells.
BTW, the braces around the `#' are unnecessary.
--
In the Bourne shell syntax tabs and spaces are equivalent almost everywhere.
The exception: here documents. :-(
Does anyone remember the famous mistake Makefile-novices often make?
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