How to unset the positional parameters?

Question

How do I do this:

set foo bar baz
unset # Something else here
echo $# # Should ouput 0

By doing set "", $# will still be 1 and not 0.

Tyilo · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 23:27:25Z

up vote 3 down vote accepted

Ok this was just stupid, and I found out using set -- will work.

answered Aug 18 '11 at 23:27

Tyilo
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@Gilles: According to the bash man page, set - with no arguments leaves the positional parameters unchanged. – camh Aug 19 '11 at 3:07

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