Arguments with spaces are seen as separate arguments and not as one argument

Question

I have the following functions

func() { shift 2; func2 $@; }
func2() { echo $1; echo $2; }
func 1 2 "3 3" "4 4"

I exepect that func2 will dispaly "3 3" and "4 4". but the func2 see the both 3 as separate args and not as a one arg.

What I m missing here? how I can make func2 to see the "3 3" as arg1 and "4 4" as arg2 ?

Use quotes: `func2 "$@"` – William Pursell May 04 '15 at 05:11 — William Pursell, May 04 '15 at 05:11

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '15 at 05:11

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You need to use double quotes around "$@" in order for it to work.

answered May 04 '15 at 05:11

tripleee

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