2015-12-08



`$*' is special. For instance, this does not necessarily work:

     ${*##...}

POSIX writes:

     If parameter is '#', '*', or '@', the result of the ex-
     pansion is unspecified.  [0]

Bash and mksh treat it differently.

There's some more explanation in the Debianforum.  [1]

[0]  http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06_02
[1]  https://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=158589


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