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Subject: Re: $@ vs. $* (was - Re: nohup (from Bourne shell))
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Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 15:58:40 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 10 15:58:40 1986
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In article <164@its63b.ed.ac.uk>, simon@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Simon Brown) says:
>		:
> 
> So, until the fix described above (or some equivalent thereof) is official,
> its probably better just to be very careful when using $* or $@ in scripts.
> One foolproof way is to always use ${1+"$@"} in place of $* or $@ or "$@"
> - ok, its ugly, I know... :-)
> 

Oh my goodness!  It's all a plot!

Even in UN*X, we have AT&T encouraging "1 plus" dialing of operators!

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