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Re: [SLE] suse 7.2!!
  • From: Volker Kuhlmann <kuhlmav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 13:56:16 +1200 (NZST)
  • Message-id: <200106020156.NAA10924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > (I suddenly don't remember if $* is the correct name for all parameters,
> > but some of the other guys on the list should know.)

> Indeed it is. :)

cough cough sputter...

If you don't know why you use "$@" instead of $* make sure you don't
work on anything security-related or mission-critical.

Sorry if it sounds arrogant, but I'm getting a bit tired of explaining it.
Read the bash man page about parsing, quoting and variable expansion.

Volker

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