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(bash) Comparing $* and $@
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| $ /tmp/test.sh | |
| $*: [] | |
| "$*": [''] | |
| $@: [] | |
| "$@": [] | |
| $ /tmp/test.sh a b "c d" | |
| $*: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] | |
| "$*": ['a b c d'] | |
| $@: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] | |
| "$@": ['a', 'b', 'c d'] |
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| echo -n '$*: '; | |
| python -c 'print __import__("sys").argv[1:]' $* | |
| echo -n '"$*": '; | |
| python -c 'print __import__("sys").argv[1:]' "$*" | |
| echo -n '$@: '; | |
| python -c 'print __import__("sys").argv[1:]' $@ | |
| echo -n '"$@": '; | |
| python -c 'print __import__("sys").argv[1:]' "$@" |
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