Re: Word splitting for $@ in variable assignment

[Chet Ramey]

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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