set x args... && shift vs set -- args...

leniviy · 11-13-2012, 03:11 AM

Hi. Has anyone seen shells, whose built-in 'set' command doesn't recognize the double-dash '--' as the end of options?

I'm looking for a portable way to fill the "$@" array with arbitrary arguments.
I tried Solaris sh, ksh, bash, zsh and they all understand double dash.

pan64 · 11-13-2012, 04:17 AM

probably you will not find any, but you can write a small code to test it. It looks like a very old and common option.