if test $# = 0; then exec "$THIS_SH" quote3.tests abc "d e" fi echo 'Testing: in $empty""' empty='' for a in $empty""; do echo ".$a."; done echo 'Testing: in "$*"' for a in "$*"; do echo ".$a."; done echo 'Testing: in "$@"' for a in "$@"; do echo ".$a."; done echo Finished