Hello. dash have bug for ${#10} and etc: ignores 0... in name (without errors :) $ foo() { echo "length 10-th arg '${10}' is ${#10}"; } $ foo a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 a11 length 10-th arg 'a10' is 2 But need: length 10-th arg 'a10' is 3 Micro patch attached --w vodz