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From: koalaman <vidar@vidarholen.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:04:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Created SC2068 (markdown)

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+## Add double quotes around ${@}, otherwise it's just like $* and breaks on spaces.
+
+### Problematic code:
+
+    cp $@ ~/dir
+
+### Correct code:
+
+    cp "$@" ~/dir
+
+### Rationale:
+
+Double quotes around `$@` prevents globbing and word splitting while still expanding to multiple separate arguments.
+
+Let's say you have three arguments: `baz`, `foo bar` and `*`
+
+`"$@"` will expand into exactly that: `baz`, `foo bar` and `*`
+
+`$@` will expand into multiple other arguments: `baz`, `foo`, `bar`, `file.txt` and `otherfile.jpg`
+
+Since the latter is rarely expected or desired, ShellCheck warns about it.
+
+### Contraindications
+
+None. 
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