Fun with positional args and quoting in bash

argtest.sh

#!/bin/bash
# argtest.sh
#
# bash positional args and quoting

greenon='\033[0;92m';
coloroff='\033[0m'

 ######   #######
## ## ## ##     ##
## ##    ## ### ##
 ######  ## ### ##
   ## ## ## #####
## ## ## ##
 ######   #######

echo -e "$greenon\$@, Both quoted$coloroff"
for word in "$@"; do
	echo "$word"
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two three
    #> four

echo -e "$greenon\$@, Both unquoted$coloroff"
for word in $@; do
	echo $word
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two
    #> three
    #> four


echo -e "$greenon\$@, \$@ unquoted$coloroff"
for word in $@; do
	echo "$word"
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two
    #> three
    #> four

echo -e "$greenon\$@, word unquoted$coloroff"
for word in "$@"; do
	echo $word
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two three
    #> four


 ######      #
## ## ##   #####
## ##       ###
 ######     # #
   ## ##
## ## ##
 ######


echo -e "$greenon\$*, Both quoted$coloroff"
for word in "$*"; do
	echo "$word"
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one two three four

echo -e "$greenon\$*, Both unquoted$coloroff"
for word in $*; do
	echo $word
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two
    #> three
    #> four

echo -e "$greenon\$*, \$* unquoted$coloroff"
for word in $*; do
	echo "$word"
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one
    #> two
    #> three
    #> four

echo -e "$greenon\$*, word unquoted$coloroff"
for word in "$*"; do
	echo $word
done;
    #$ bash argtest.sh one "two three" four
    #> one two three four