BASH alias $1 $2 ... query

[dave selby]

2009/4/19 Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com>:
> 2009/4/19 dave selby <dave6502 at googlemail.com>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am writing an svn alias that does some stuff before it svn's
>
>     Technically this is not an alias but a wrapper.
>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> echo -e '\n*** SAFE SVN ***\n'
>>
>> some tidying up  ....
>>
>> svn $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9
>>
>> It works but '$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9' is clumsy and does not
>> always work - is there a neater way
>
>    Yes: svn "$@"

Many thanks also

Dave



>       Hope this helps,
>
>           Loïc
>
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