Variable containing multiple args with quotes in Bash

Question

I generate a bash variable containing all my args and those args contain spaces. When I launch a command with those args - eg. ls $args - quotes are not correctly interprete

Answer 1

Use set to set your variables as positional parameters; then quoting will be preserved if you refer to them via "$@" or "$1", "$2", etc. Make sure to use double quotes around your variable names.

set -- "$f1" "$f2"
touch "$@"
ls "$@"
rm "$@"