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Re: Expansion of unquoted special parameter $@ when used as the word for
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: Expansion of unquoted special parameter $@ when used as the word for a HERE STRING |
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Wed, 6 Nov 2019 08:28:49 +1100 |
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At 2019-11-05T10:30:39-1000, Robin A. Meade wrote:
> Consider:
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> set a 'b c'
> cat <<< $@;
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> The output is:
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> a b c
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> I expected the 3 spaces between b and c to be preserved.
You've got to double-quote $@ for it to work the way you desire:
cat <<< "$@"
Without quoting, $@ works like $*.
Regards,
Branden
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