Comparing ${array[*]} with ${array[@]} in bash script.

items_of_array.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

## date:   2021-11-18
## author: duruyao@gmail.com
## desc:   compare "${array[@]}" with "${array[*]}"

basket=( apple banana ornage pear )

for it in ${basket[@]}; do
  echo "${it}"
done
echo

for it in ${basket[*]}; do
  echo "${it}"
done
echo "-------------------------------"

for it in "${basket[@]}"; do
  echo "${it}"
done
echo

for it in "${basket[*]}"; do
  echo "${it}"
done

Result of comparing the of ${array[@]} and ${array[*]}:

$ chmod +x items_of_array.sh
$ ./items_of_array.sh
apple
banana
ornage
pear

apple
banana
ornage
pear
-------------------------------
apple
banana
ornage
pear

apple banana ornage pear

${array[@]} is equal to ${array[*]} BUT "${array[@]}" is not equal to "${array[*]}".