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+---
+tags:
+  - bash
+---
+[[Bash]] [[Globbing patterns]]
+
+---
+See https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2086
+
+issue with building a command-line and prevent globbing by quoting parameter expansion, solution: use array.
+
+```
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+function test() {
+  echo "${@}"
+}
+function blaat() {
+  local flags
+  test hello "${flags[@]}"
+}
+function blaat1() {
+  local flags
+  flags=(a b c)
+  test hello "${flags[@]}"
+}
+blaat
+blaat1
+```
+
+```
+❯ bash /tmp/tmp.qI8lPlBQUe
+hello
+hello a b c
+```
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