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From:	Chet Ramey <chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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> ; rc  -c 'echo $*' one two
> one two
> ; ash -c 'echo $*' one two
> one two
> ; csh -c 'echo $*' one two
> one two
> ; ksh  -c 'echo $*' one two
> one two
> ; sh -c 'echo $*' one two
> two
> ; bash -c 'echo $*' one two
> 
> ;

This must be an old version of bash; my latest version gives

odin(2)$ ./bash -c 'echo $*' one two
one two

In any event, the standard seems to support the current rc
behavior.  I don't think you should worry about changing it.

Chet

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Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University	Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu