Re: Arguments to 4.3BSD "sh -c" commands are mishandled

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From: gww Gary Winiger
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1986 22:02

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It is also appears to be mishandled by /bin/sh on System V Rel 2.2.
When I try ``sh -c 'echo $*' a b c d'' on System V, it also produces
``b c d''.

So 4.3 is probably not the original culprit.  V 2.2 sh has been reworked
to look like C rather than Steve Bourne's original pseudo Algol.

Gary..

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Subject: Re: Arguments to 4.3BSD "sh -c" commands are mishandled
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