Re: eval

[Jonathan Nieder]

Rafael Fernandez wrote:

> Thanks, I wasn't aware that positional parameters greater than nine have to
> be enclosed in brackets.

No prob.  The manpage says

        When a positional parameter consisting of more than a single
        digit is expanded, it must be enclosed in braces (see
        EXPANSION below).

If you have an idea for making this clearer (maybe somewhere in the
info documentation) I imagine it would be welcome.

For the future, the sh specification at
http://www.unix.org/2008edition/ (free registration required) is also
very useful for tracking down how a shell might understand a script.