how do I do $*:q in bash shell

[botao]

Hi,

I have a tcsh script which has

    exec $tool $*:q

I am trying to convert this into bash shell as

    exec $tool $@

It does not work in some cases, ie

    <script>   "first arguemnt" "second argument"

in csh, $tool gets 2 argument; in bash $tool get 4 argument.

Can somebody help me on this?


thanks,

---Lee