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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers differentiate $@ and $* Post 302600722 by pandeesh on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 01:22:23 AM
Old 02-22-2012
differentiate $@ and $*
can anyone explain the difference between $* and $@?
Code:
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ bash dollarstar 1 2 3 "4 5" 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$ cat dollarstar
#!/bin/bash

for i in $@
do
echo $i
done

for j in $*
do
echo $j
done
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~/training$

thanks
 

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ubuntu-upload-permission

ubuntu-upload-permission(1)				      General Commands Manual				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)

NAME

       ubuntu-upload-permission - Query upload rights and (optionally) list the people and teams with upload rights for a package

SYNOPSIS

       ubuntu-upload-permission [options] package

DESCRIPTION

       ubuntu-upload-permission checks if the user has upload permissions for package.	If the --list-uploaders option is provided, all the people
       and teams that do have upload rights for package will be listed.

OPTIONS

       -r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
	      Query permissions in RELEASE.  Default: current development release.

       -a, --list-uploaders
	      List all the people and teams who have upload rights for package.

       -t, --list-team-members
	      List all the members of every team with rights. (Implies --list-uploaders)

       -h, --help
	      Display a help message and exit

EXIT STATUS

       0      You have the necessary upload rights.

       1      You don't have the necessary upload rights.

       2      There was an error.

AUTHORS

       ubuntu-upload-permission and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

ubuntu-dev-tools						   November 2011				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)
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