On 5/4/11 4:40 PM, Rafael Fernandez wrote:
> I am used to the behavior of sh on NetBSD which does not require
> enclosing positional parameters.
I'd call that a pretty serious incompatibility on the part of ash and its
descendants (BSD sh, dash, etc.). There's no good reason that
set -- a b c d e f g h i j
echo $10
should echo `j'.
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