On 8/13/24 8:45 PM, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
Hello.
I include bug-bash even though i think bash is correct, but there
lots of people of expertise are listening, so, thus.
Sorry for cross-posting, nonetheless.
Given this snippet (twox() without argument it is)
one() { echo "$# 1<$1>"; }
two() { one "$@"; }
twox() { one "$@$@"; }
two
two x
twox
twox x
i get
$ dash shbug.sh
0 1<>
1 1<x>
1 1<>
1 1<xx>
#?0|kent:tmp$ busybox.static sh shbug.sh
0 1<>
1 1<x>
1 1<>
1 1<xx>
#?0|kent:tmp$ bash shbug.sh
0 1<>
1 1<x>
0 1<>
1 1<xx>
When, as in this case, the result would be split if the double quotes weren't there, $@ within double quotes expands to nothing if there are no positional parameters, no matter how many times it appears. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@xxxxxxxx http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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