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- From: cek@sdc.boeing.com (Conrad Kimball)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
- Subject: Re: quoting in scripts: ksh
- Message-ID: <7688@fury.BOEING.COM>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 20:00:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.032422.14161@xyzoom.info.com>
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- Organization: Boeing Computer Services (ESP), Seattle, WA
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- In article <1992Dec27.032422.14161@xyzoom.info.com> rob@xyzoom.info.com (Rob Lingelbach) writes:
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- [ describes problem passing quoted arguments to commands in a script ]
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- >mg $OPTS $* $FILE | less
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- Try:
- mg $OPTS "$@" $FILE | less
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- See the manpage for details on how $* and $@ differ when enclosed in quotes.
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