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Re: Word splitting for $@ in variable assignment
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Word splitting for $@ in variable assignment |
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Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:20:48 -0400 |
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On 6/24/21 4:09 AM, Ilkka Virta wrote:
But 3.4 Shell Parameters is a bit confusing: "Word splitting is not
performed, with the exception of "$@" as explained below."
This means that "$@" expands to multiple words, even though double quotes
would usually inhibit that.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/