How can I pass in an argument such as "*.k" to a bash script
without having to double-quote *.k and not having *.k
`glob` to match all files in the pattern?

I tried using noglob in my script but this didn't work the way I thought
it would.. expansion is still occuring, $# is higher than I expect.

Code:

set +o noglob

$# represents *.k pattern after expansion (I dont want that) plus
the other positional parameters that I'm passing in.

Code:

# Test argument count
USAGE="USAGE: $0 <vertical> <src module> <files(s)> "
#
echo $# $0 $1 $2 $3
if [ $# -ne 3 ]
then
   if [ $# -ne 1 -a $1 != "bdat" -a $1 != "cdat" -a $1 != "fdat" -a $1 != "blay" ]
   then
      echo $# $0 $1 $2 $3
      echo $USAGE ; exit 1
   fi
fi

TIA
Zoo591