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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
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