[ian@pinguino ~]$ type testfunc2

testfunc2 is a function

testfunc2 ()

{

    echo "$# parameters";

    echo Using '$*';

    for p in $*;

    do

        echo "[$p]";

    done;

    echo Using '"$*"';

    for p in "$*";

    do

        echo "[$p]";

    done;

    echo Using '$@';

    for p in $@;

    do

        echo "[$p]";

    done;

    echo Using '"$@"';

    for p in "$@";

    do

        echo "[$p]";

    done

}

[ian@pinguino ~]$ IFS="|${IFS}" testfunc2 abc "a bc" "1 2

> "

 parameters

Using $*

[abc]

[a]

[bc]

[]

[]

[]

Using "$*"

[abc|a bc|

]

Using $@

[abc]

[a]

[bc]

[]

[]

[]

Using "$@"

[abc]

[a bc]

[

]