Stephane Chazelas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The behavior is the same in ksh, but in ksh ${@:0:1} expands to
> $0 which makes it more understandable ($0 has its meaning in
> functions as well in ksh which makes it somehow consistent).
>
> In bash, ${@:0:1} and ${@:1:1} expand to the same thing ($1). Is
> all that documented (I couldn't find it via a quick scan of the
> man page)?
$@ expands to the positional parameters, which $0 is not (it is a
special parameter). Since index 0 does not exist, $1 is the first
counted parameter in the expansion.
Andreas.
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