On Saturday 07 December 2002 8:44 pm, Andy Sy wrote: > 1) What are the practical difference between > "$@" and "$*"? Hopefully an example can be given.
From the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide... http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-1.1.tar.gz $* All of the positional parameters, seen as a single word $@ Same as $*, but each parameter is a quoted string, that is, the parameters are passed on intact, without interpretation or expansion. This means, among other things, that each parameter in the argument list is seen as a separate word. > 2) How do you prevent echoing of an executed > bash command within a script. I'm looking > for something analogous to: > > @d:\foo\bar.exe hmmm... stty -echo bar.exe stty echo ? _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
