What is the use of "-f" option in shell scripts, For ex: /bin/sh -f?

For a csh script, the first line is typically "#!/bin/csh -f".  The "-f" option
tells the shell not to read the user's .cshrc file on startup, which improves
both speed and portability.

It's a common mistake to do the same thing for Bourne shell scripts by using
"#!/bin/sh -f".  However, the Bourne shell's "-f" option is completely
different from csh's "-f" option.  It disables file name generation.  For
example, the following script:

    #!/bin/sh
    echo foo*

OUTPUT: 

 foo foo1 foo2 foo123 

will print the names of all the files in the current directory whose names
begin with "foo" (or a literal "foo*" if there are no such files), but the
following script:

    #!/bin/sh -f
    echo foo* 

OUTPUT:

 foo*

will print a literal "foo*" unconditionally.

There are a number of Globus scripts that use "#!/bin/sh -f".  It's possible
that this was deliberate, but unlikely.  A quick look at the scripts indicates
that none of them use file wildcards anyway, so the "-f" probably has no
effect.

Suggestion: Replace "#!/bin/sh -f" with just "#!/bin/sh", just to avoid
confusion.