Re: how to save "$@", shift and reset $@ ?

[gk]

Thanks for the great ideas.
This does the trick for me:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

echo num params=$#
saved=("$@")
echo 'set -- $saved'
set -- $saved
echo num params=$#

At 04:21 PM 5/29/2003 -0400, Paul Jarc wrote:
> gk <gk@proliberty.com> wrote:
> > I would like to save a copy of "$@" and reset it using 'set' command
> > but cannnot figure out any way to inhibit evaluation of arguments to
> > set.
>
> A normal variable will not be able to store all the information needed
> to restore $@.  You could use an array variable to store a copy of $@,
> or you could use a shell function, which would run with its own
> private $@.
>
>
> paul

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