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diff --git a/Kast/1736628970 bash join arguments escaped whitespace.md b/Kast/1736628970 bash join arguments escaped whitespace.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf97464 --- /dev/null +++ b/Kast/1736628970 bash join arguments escaped whitespace.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +In [[bash]] we can reference arguments as an array using `$@`. +This isn't what we want when opening a new file for example, e.g `hx "$@"` opens a file for each argument. +We can use `$*` to reference them as a single string, thus `hx "$*"` opens 1 file with the name of all arguments as a single string. |