02-22-2012
Yes it will create difference. I can explain more about this.
Before going to that I can tell some problem in your script. You are not supposed to use $* & $@ alone, it should be quoted ("$*", "$@"), else you will find unexpected behaviour.
$* - Here all of the positional parameters are seen as single word.
$@ - here each parameter in commandline is seen as separate words.
In your program the out put will differ. You can see this by giving double quote to $* and $@.
The below program will give you more explanation of giving Commandline parameter in quotes.
echo "$@"
shift
echo "$@"
shift
echo "$@"
shift
echo "$@"
shift
echo "$@"
Output::
./code.sh 1 2 3 "4 5" 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5 6
3 4 5 6
4 5 6
6
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shift(1) User Commands shift(1)
NAME
shift - shell built-in function to traverse either a shell's argument list or a list of field-separated words
SYNOPSIS
sh
shift [n]
csh
shift [variable]
ksh
* shift [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The positional parameters from $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ... . If n is not given, it is assumed to be 1.
csh
The components of argv, or variable, if supplied, are shifted to the left, discarding the first component. It is an error for the variable
not to be set or to have a null value.
ksh
The positional parameters from $n+1 $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ..., default n is 1. The parameter n can be any arithmetic expression that
evaluates to a non-negative number less than or equal to $#.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 shift(1)