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so this works perfectly, plus I learned about this "$@" trick. it get the exact job done. thanks. but, can you explain WHY my original code did not work? it is not obvious to me why it should have failed in the first place, when typing the exact same string at a command line does work.

codechimp
– codechimp

2016-03-16 17:36:39 +00:00
Commented Mar 16, 2016 at 17:36
Read the edited answer.

user79743
– user79743

2016-03-16 19:26:59 +00:00
Commented Mar 16, 2016 at 19:26

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