[Nix-dev] slightly off topic: bash/sh quoting/arguments

[Mathijs Kwik]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Eelco Dolstra
<eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 02/04/12 23:28, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
>
>> args1="one two"
>> args2="three four"
> ...
>> $ mycommand $args1 $args2
>> You passed 2 arguments
>
> Eh?  Unless you have set $IFS to a non-standard value, $args1 and $args2 will be
> split into four arguments.

Ah, my bad.
It seems bash and sh work fine, my zsh seems to be the problem.
I blindly assumed zsh was mostly sh compatible

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