Re: findjava requirement

["T. Alexander Popiel" <popiel@wolfskeep.com>]

In message:  <[🔎] 20030925080155.A15727@digican.ms.unimelb.edu.au>
             Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> writes:
>
>> FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes).
>
>Do you mean "$@"?  If so, this (and "$*") become somewhat more
>troublesome when you need to modify command-line arguments or insert
>your own.

Yes, I do mean "$@".  Bad fingers.  Bad, bad.  Thanks for the
correction.

Inserting and/or modifying does get complex; shift and unshift
and modifying IFS quickly become instrumental.  Overall, it's
more hassle than it's worth, which is why perl is a good
alternative. :-)

- Alex