On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 08:55:03PM -0700, Claus Assmann wrote:
>
> ok, here's something that doesn't look right (hmm, I should
> probably file a bug?)
>
you don;t need to open bug reports for this stuff - just let us know. in
this case it looks like the Pf macro is misbehaving. i've mailed
kristaps and ingo to let them know.
jmc
> man sh (snapshot i386 from today):
>
> The following forms of parameter substitution can also be used:
>
> Pf ${#name}
> The number of positional parameters if name is `*', `@', or not
> specified; otherwise the length of the string value of parameter
> name.
>
> Pf ${#name[*]}
> Pf ${#na...@]}
> The number of elements in the array name.
>
>
> on an older system (4.6):
>
> The following forms of parameter substitution can also be used:
>
> ${#name}
> The number of positional parameters if name is `*', `@', or not
> specified; otherwise the length of the string value of parameter
> name.
>
> ${#name[*]}
> ${#na...@]}
> The number of elements in the array name.
