[TAG] Quoting question

[Kapil Hari Paranjape]

Hello,

Quotes are generally a pain!

> I'm stumped now, I've tried loots of combinations but can't seem to find  
> the right combination so that the script works. The spaces in the name  
> "Dokumente und Einstellungen" break the script. How do I have to  
> escape/quote it?

You need to put the $@ in quotes as in "$@"

Here is an example:

#!/bin/sh

pass_args(){
	show_args "$@"
}

show_args(){
	echo $1
	echo $2
}

pass_args 'An argument with a space' 'spaced out'

Regards,

Kapil.
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