On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 18:20 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > How do I get $1 to be * rather than just a specific file ? > > You can't. The shell that you are running is what is expanding the "*", > not the script. Then the following web page is wrong ? Note the example for ls. It shows $1 to be '*' ! > Try changing the script not to use $1 instead: > > ======================================= > echo > echo Arguments are "$@" > > for eachFile in "$@" > do > ... > done > ======================================= $@ is the whole command line, right ? While we are on the subject, what is the diff between $* and $@ ? I'd find this info on my own but it doesn't appear that google will take $* or $@ as search terms. Someone correct me if I am wrong on this. Thanks. -- Kim Lux, Diesel Research Inc.
