sh: $*

Expands to the positional parameters, starting from one.

dollarStar_1.sh	dollarStar_2.sh
#!/bin/sh echo '' echo 'Starting dollarStar_1.sh' echo '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' echo "$# Arguments = $" echo "Argument 1 = $1" echo "Argument 2 = $2" echo "Argument 3 = $3" echo "Argument 4 = $4" ./dollarStar_2.sh $ ./dollarStar_2.sh "$*"	#!/bin/sh echo '' echo 'Starting dollarStar_2.sh' echo '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' echo "$# Arguments = $*" echo "Argument 1 = $1" echo "Argument 2 = $2" echo "Argument 3 = $3" echo "Argument 4 = $4"
dollarStar_1.sh one two "three four"
Starting dollarStar_1.sh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Arguments = one two three four Argument 1 = one Argument 2 = two Argument 3 = three four Argument 4 = Starting dollarStar_2.sh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Arguments = one two three four Argument 1 = one Argument 2 = two Argument 3 = three Argument 4 = four Starting dollarStar_2.sh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Arguments = one two three four Argument 1 = one Argument 2 = two Argument 3 = three four Argument 4 =

dollarStar_1.sh

dollarStar_2.sh

#!/bin/sh

echo ''
echo 'Starting dollarStar_1.sh'
echo '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'

echo "$# Arguments = $*"
echo "Argument 1 = $1"
echo "Argument 2 = $2"
echo "Argument 3 = $3"
echo "Argument 4 = $4"

./dollarStar_2.sh $*
./dollarStar_2.sh "$*"

#!/bin/sh

echo ''
echo 'Starting dollarStar_2.sh'
echo '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'

echo "$# Arguments = $*"
echo "Argument 1 = $1"
echo "Argument 2 = $2"
echo "Argument 3 = $3"
echo "Argument 4 = $4"

dollarStar_1.sh one two "three four"

Starting dollarStar_1.sh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3 Arguments = one two three four
Argument 1 = one
Argument 2 = two
Argument 3 = three four
Argument 4 = 

Starting dollarStar_2.sh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 Arguments = one two three four
Argument 1 = one
Argument 2 = two
Argument 3 = three
Argument 4 = four

Starting dollarStar_2.sh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3 Arguments = one two three four
Argument 1 = one
Argument 2 = two
Argument 3 = three four
Argument 4 =