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How to define input files more than 9

Code:

awk -v nfiles="10"
{
.........................
............
}' $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10

up to9 inputs script is running fine but after that it is throwing error file not found though there is a file.

I used {$10} but no use.

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Hi.

Your first curly brace is in the wrong place:

i.e. ${10}

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