$* in bash scripting

Question

Can anybody tell me what does $* mean in bash scripting?

I tried to search on google for it, but I found only about $0, $1 an

Answer 1

It's a space separated string of all arguments. For example, if $1 is "hello" and $2 is "world", then $* is "hello world". (Unless $IFS is set; then it's an $IFS separated string.)