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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Arguments to 4.3BSD "sh -c" commands are mishandled
Message-ID: <7296@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 18:18:42 EST
Article-I.D.: elsie.7296
Posted: Thu Dec 11 18:18:42 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Dec-86 22:25:02 EST
Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD
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Index:	bin/sh 4.3BSD

Description:
	Arguments to a "sh -c" command are mishandled.

Repeat-By:
	Type in the command
		sh -c 'echo $*' a b c d
	and note the incorrect output:
		b c d
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