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Re: Bug in manual

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On 4/20/20 10:39 AM, Péter Kozics wrote:
> In this one
> https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html#Shell-Parameter-Expansion 
> 
> 
> one can read
> "Substring indexing is zero-based unless the positional parameters are 
> used, in which case the indexing starts at 1 by default. If offset is 0, 
> and the positional parameters are used, $@ is prefixed to the list. "
> 
> but should read
> "Substring indexing is zero-based unless the positional parameters are 
> used, in which case the indexing starts at 1 by default. If offset is 0, 
> and the positional parameters are used, $0 is prefixed to the list. "

Thanks for the report.

Chet

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