Re: Unexpected word splitting on $* when IFS is unset

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:27:44PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> $* is just $1 $2 ... (for as many params as set) as separate words.

That's what I always thought too, but if commonly used shells like
dash can't even agree on this, then I simply upgrade my response level
from "bad practice" to "completely wrong, don't ever do this" when
someone uses unquoted $* or $@.

It's not like it's ever *OK* to use them, really.  Now I just consider
it totally unacceptable instead of something that needs a stern warning.