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# first, let's start with the basics
recho "$@"
recho "$*"
recho $@
recho $*
set a b
recho "$*"
# If IFS is null, the parameters are joined without separators
IFS=''
recho "$*"
# If IFS is unset, the parameters are separated by spaces
unset IFS
recho "${*}"
recho "$@"
recho $@
IFS='/'
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $*
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set ${*}
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $@
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set ${@}
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
# according to POSIX.2, unquoted $* should expand to multiple words if
# $IFS is null, just like unquoted $@
IFS=''
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $*
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $@
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
# if IFS is unset, the individual positional parameters are split on
# " \t\n" if $* or $@ are unquoted
unset IFS
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $*
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set $@
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
# but not for "$@" or "$*"
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set "$*"
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
set bob 'tom dick harry' joe
set "$@"
recho $#
recho $1
recho $2
recho $3
# POSIX.2 says these should both expand the positional parameters
# to multiple words
set a b c d e
IFS=""
recho $@
recho "$@"
# this example is straight from the POSIX.2 rationale
set foo bar bam
recho "$@"
recho "$*"
unset IFS
recho "$@"
recho $@
recho "$*"
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