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In my bash scripts, I regularly use file paths which may contain spaces:
FOO=/path\ with\ spaces/
Later, if I want to use FOO, I have to wrap it in quotes ("$FOO") or it will be interpreted as a list (/path, with, spaces/). Is there a better way to force a variable never to be interpreted as a list? It is cumbersome to have to constantly quote-wrap.
No. You must always use quotes or bash will word-split (except in
[[, but that is a special case).