$* 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

If you see $ in prefix with anything , it means its a variable. The value of the variable is used.

Example:

count=100
echo $count
echo "Count Value = $count"

Output of the above script:

100
Count Value = 100