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Reputation: 6039

Makefile removes argument post white space value when called from bash script

I've written a small bash script to invoke a make command.
The makefile expects args='<arguments to be passed to program>' argument. (i.e. make a args='--aaa 5 --bbb 6')
The problem is when I use the script to invoke the make command, the argument is truncated on its first white space.
For example, when executing make a args='--aaa 5' through the script, the args variable is '--aaa and not '--aaa 5'
I've also tried adding quotes and single quotes but the result is the same.
When I invoke the make command manually through terminal the, the args variable gets all the arguments and their values as expected.

Here is the script call : 

args="args='--aaa 5 --bbb 6'"
make a ${args}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 670

Answers (1)

chepner
chepner

Reputation: 531878

You have to double-quote $args to preserve the whitespace.

make a "$args"

I'm assuming the Makefile correctly handles the value once it receives it.

Upvotes: 3

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