Bug report: quoted strings passed to functions

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From: Trip Martin
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 05:42

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Configuration: bash 1.04.1, SysVR3.1, ATT 3B2/300

bash$ grep() { egrep $* ; }
bash$ grep 'foo bar' testfile
egrep: bar does not exist

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Trip Martin  KA2LIV       night@pawl.rpi.edu
Finite state machinist    night@uruguay.acm.rpi.edu

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From: night@pawl.rpi.edu (Trip Martin)
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Subject: Bug report: quoted strings passed to functions
Message-ID: <1989Nov13.054213.24296@rpi.edu>
Date: 13 Nov 89 05:42:13 GMT
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