Yep...so I was told...or, RTFM as I might say...(*appropriately flogging self*) :-)
The only thing I would have as a problem in "$@" is if I had double quotes in
a file name somewhere. So then -print0/-0 seem to be the best options for passing filenames...
thanks... Linda
Bob Proulx wrote:
Linda A. W. wrote:
I think this has been the case a few times. As for worrying about quotes within my filenames, yes, it could be a concern, but quotes in file
names are less likely than spaces in my usage.
But that is just trading one problem for the same problem with a different field separator character. Better to avoid it entirely using zero terminated strings with the -print0 and -0 options.
spaces within the filenames are protected by correct quoting, for example "$@".
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Would that put double quotes around the entire argument list rather than each item?
"$*" is "$1 $2 $3 ..."
"$@" is "$1" "$2" "$3" ...
Each argument is quoted individually.
Bob
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