I’m reading through my .bashrc and noticed the following
cd "$@" && some_other_function
What does the $@ mean exactly?
I’m reading through my .bashrc and noticed the following cd $@ && some_other_function What
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I’m reading through my .bashrc and noticed the following
cd "$@" && some_other_function
What does the $@ mean exactly?
"$@"expands to a list of quoted command line parameters. It is subtly different from"$*": given"$*"expands towhereas
"$@"expands toand
$*(or$@) expands tothat is, “
$*"produces a single string but"$@"replicates the original quoting ,$*loses the quoting.