Why is the output of test foo bar only foo instead of foo bar?
$ cat test
function f
{
local args=$1
echo $args
}
f "$@"
$ bash test foo bar
foo
Why is the output of test foo bar only foo instead of foo bar
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Why is the output of test foo bar only foo instead of foo bar?
$ cat test
function f
{
local args=$1
echo $args
}
f "$@"
$ bash test foo bar
foo
To pass the command-line parameters as a single argument to your function you can join them together using
"$*"(instead of$@):The first character of variable
IFSis used as the “glue” between each parameter, the default is a single space.