Re: `${@:0}' expands to `$0 $1 ...', even though `$0' is not a positional parameter

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/3/21 9:59 AM, Oğuz wrote:
> The manual says:
> > A positional parameter is a parameter denoted by one or more
> > digits, other than the single digit 0.
>
> And about `${@:offset:length}', this is what's written there:
> > If parameter is @, the result is length positional
> > parameters beginning at offset.

"If offset is 0, and the positional parameters are  used,
 $0 is prefixed to the list."


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