like() {
    if test $# -gt 0
    then
        echo I do like "$1".
        shift
    fi
    but=But
    for i
    do
        echo $but not as much as I like "$i".
        but='Which is'
    done
}


like cheese
echo --
like apples bananas
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like 'the thing' 'the other thing' 'the third thing'