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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting What is the maximum number of parameter we can pass to a shell script function? Post 302412390 by jim mcnamara on Monday 12th of April 2010 11:32:06 AM
Old 04-12-2010
After $9, they have to be referenced as ${10} ${11} .... ${n}

And there are limits, but they are based on the number of bytes: ARG_MAX - the number of bytes in the environment variables already in use:
approximately -
Code:
 echo $(( $(getconf ARG_MAX) - $(set |  wc -c ) ))

 

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GETCONF(1)                                                       Debian GNU/Linux                                                       GETCONF(1)

NAME
getconf - Query system configuration variables SYNOPSIS
getconf -a getconf [-v specification] system_var getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname DESCRIPTION
-a Displays all configuration variables for the current system and their values. -v Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain configuration variables. system_var A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3). path_var A system configuration variable as defined by pathconf(3). This must be used with a pathname. AUTHOR
getconf was written by Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library This man page was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. SEE ALSO
sysconf(3), pathconf(3), confstr(3) 3rd Berkeley Distribution squeeze GETCONF(1)
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