query: In bash, what is the safest way to pass variables to another program -- $* or $@?
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positive_passages.text: Should I use $* or $@?
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negative_passages.text: Bash: Syntax Error on @()
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negative_passages.text: What does $(command) & do?
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negative_passages.text: Bash - how to make explicit operator precedence without creating a subshell
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negative_passages.text: Why are non-environment variables passed to the subshell invoqued by command substitution?
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negative_passages.text: Can I use variables inside {} expansion without `eval`?
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negative_passages.text: Variable substitution with an exclamation mark in bash
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negative_passages.text: How to use a variable's value as another variable's name in bash
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negative_passages.text: What is `$?` ? Is it a variable?
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negative_passages.text: Are there naming conventions for variables in shell scripts?
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negative_passages.text: Pass commands as input to another command (su, ssh, sh, etc)