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Bash: arguments

Access to parameters with variables $@ or $*. Both expands to the positional parameters, starting from one.

  • $@ When the expansion occurs within double quotes, each parameter expands to a separate word. That is, “$@” is equivalent to “$1” “$2” …
  • $* When the expansion occurs within double quotes, it expands to a single word with the value of each parameter separated by the first character of the IFS special variable