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Article #1034for without in
From: Bill Trost
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 05:10
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 05:10
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I've noticed that something like
spam() { for i; do echo $i; done }
expands into
spam () { for i in $*
do
echo $i
done }
(direct shell output). Personally, I would expect "$@" instead of $*
in the for statement. What is the "official statement" on this?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!telly!philmtl!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!ogicse!reed!trost From: trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: for without in Message-ID: <13739@reed.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 89 05:10:31 GMT Sender: news@reed.UUCP Lines: 13