How to get exact command line string from shell?

Question

I know about $*, $@, \"$@\" and even ${1+\"@\"} and what they mean.

I need to get access to the EXACT

Answer 1

In bash, you can get this from the shell history:

set -o history
shopt -s expand_aliases

function myhack {
  line=$(history 1)
  line=${line#*[0-9]  }
  echo "You wrote: $line"
}
alias myhack='myhack #'

Which works as you describe:

$ myhack --args="stuff" * {1..10}    $PATH
You wrote: myhack --args="stuff" * {1..10}    $PATH

Also, here's a handy diagram: