Shell Programming and Scripting

linuxpenguin suggestion ($# )works in sh and ksh but not csh. What is your script written in?

Using sh or ksh:
$ cat newtest
#!/bin/ksh
echo $#
$
$ ./newtest what is this
3
$

Using csh:
% ./newtest what is this
Variable syntax
%

The other suggestion, $@, gives the following in sh or ksh (csh gives same error)

$ cat newtest
#!/bin/sh
echo $@
$
$ ./newtest what is this
what is this

I'm using sh and both are working
$# = number of args
#@ = all args together

my problem is : how to use them ?!
My tests are giving me wrong results !
I need to find my args as a sentence in the right order....
For instance > loc arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4
with $@ = arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 which could be "hi how are you" sentence.
I don't know how to use $# as $@ does not work in Egrep_source due to the quotes...

thanks again