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Under Special Parameters in man sh

Code:
       @      Expands  to  the positional parameters, starting from one.  When
              the  expansion  occurs  within  double  quotes,  each  parameter
              expands to a separate word.  That is, "$@" is equivalent to "$1"
              "$2" ...  When there are no positional parameters, "$@"  and  $@
              expand to nothing (i.e., they are removed).
       #      Expands to the number of positional parameters in decimal.