Export environmental variable which contains path with spaces

Asked Mar 08 '21 at 17:14

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I was trying to export some useful paths in .bash_aliases. I figured out independently solution which is also described here.

However this restrict me to switching between the directories. I would like to use that variable also in scripts or just other commands and I do not always want to check whether I have to use quotes around it.

What I am trying to achieve: I have WSL2 installed. I wanted to export my path to OneDrive into a custom variable. Something like this:

export onedrivepath1=/mnt/c/Users/Myuser/OneDrive\ -\ some-domain.at/

I want then use this variable but I do not want always to think about that I need to use "$onedrivepath1".

I want to be able use it like this:

cd $onedrivepath1
cp $onedrivepath1/dir1/test.txt /home/myuser/Documents/

Any idea how to achieve this?

asked Mar 08 '21 at 17:14

Daniel Vavrik

Quote the variable. – Barmar Mar 08 '21 at 17:17
So is it just correct way to always use quotes on path variables? – Daniel Vavrik Mar 08 '21 at 17:58
It's best to use quotes on any variable unless you need it to be split into separate arguments – Barmar Mar 08 '21 at 17:58
Try `foo='a * b'` then compare `echo $foo` with `echo "$foo"` – Barmar Mar 08 '21 at 18:00

Export environmental variable which contains path with spaces

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