Question

For example:

CMD="ls /tmp/spaced\ dir"

And when using the command:

$ $CMD
ls: /tmp/spaced\: No such file or directory
ls: dir: No such file or directory

Not functional with:

CMD="ls /tmp/spaced\\ dir"
CMD="ls \"/tmp/spaced dir\""
CMD="ls \"/tmp/spaced\\ dir\""
CMD='ls \"/tmp/spaced dir\"'

And I need the parameter “/tmp/spaced dir” to be in a variable…
Of course, the directory “/tmp/spaced dir” does exist.

Answer 1

OK, found a solution using eval:

$ CMD="ls /tmp/spaced\\ dir/"
$ eval $CMD
dir_in_spaced_dir
$