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+# Sort the positional paramters.
+# Make sure the positional parameters are passed as arguments to the function.
+# If -u is the first arg, remove duplicate array members.
+sort_posparams()
+{
+ local -a R
+ local u
+
+ case "$1" in
+ -u) u=-u ; shift ;;
+ esac
+
+ # if you want the case of no positional parameters to return success,
+ # remove the error message and return 0
+ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "$FUNCNAME: argument expected" >&2
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ # make R a copy of the positional parameters
+ R=( "${@}" )
+
+ # sort R.
+ R=( $( printf "%s\n" "${R[@]}" | sort $u) )
+
+ printf "%s\n" "${R[@]}"
+ return 0
+}
+
+# will print everything on separate lines
+set -- 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 2
+sort_posparams "$@"
+
+# sets without preserving quoted parameters
+set -- $( sort_posparams "$@" )
+echo "$@"
+echo $#
+
+# sets preserving quoted parameters, beware pos params with embedded newlines
+set -- 'a b' 'a c' 'x z'
+
+oifs=$IFS
+IFS=$'\n'
+set -- $( sort_posparams "$@" )
+IFS="$oifs"
+
+echo "$@"
+echo $#
+
+sort_posparams