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  • Some related related reading material for the OP. Commented Jul 8, 2014 at 8:31
  • Does $* remove the "? I.e. does the first version output 1,2,3,4,5, and not 1,"2,3,4",5? Commented Jul 8, 2014 at 9:57
  • @Svish: Quotes "2 3 4" are removed by the shell right at the start - they make the whole thing a single "word", rather than splitting it into three the way it usually would. Commented Jul 8, 2014 at 10:03