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  • It seems to work for me. I tried both @ and * and it seems to produce the same result both the times. What shell you are using? Run echo $SHELL and paste the output to your question. Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 14:26
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    My example was wrong, this actually happens only with echo, not with printf, I just noticed. Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 14:36
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    possible duplicate of What is the difference between $* and $@? Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 17:13
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    @goldilocks The other question is about $* and $@. Though, the answer would be similar and one question could be considered a subset of the other, they are different questions. Commented Jun 7, 2014 at 19:31
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    printf and echo give the same result (tested on GNU bash, version 5.0.17), i.e., the difference between @ and * has nothing to do with the difference between printf and echo. Commented Aug 13, 2023 at 2:47