Hi, currently bash(1) contains:
> ${parameter:offset:length} > Substring Expansion. Expands to up to length characters of the value of > parameter starting at the character specified by offset. If parameter is @, > an indexed array subscripted by @ or *, or an associative array name, the > results differ as described below. > > [...] > > If parameter is @, the result is length positional parameters beginning at > offset. I noticed that Substring Expansion also works for the special parameter *. Maybe it should be included in this section of the man page? Regards, -- Merlin Büge