/bin/sh help needed

[Rob Ransbottom]

> > At some point hitherto, David Kramer hath spake thusly:
> > > Every combination of single quotes, double quotes, and escaping seems to 
> > > either send it all as one argument, or send it all as separate arguments, 
> > > but each argument is quoted.


It appears that single quotes for each parameter are what you want.
The sh(1) man page is not very illuminating.

prog '*' '$msg' '\n' 'does all you want EXCEPT' \'

prog:
#!/bin/sh
cd /        # to help clarify what is globbed when
for i in $*
do
    echo $i
done
#hs/nib!

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