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Let's say there is one script s1, and I need to pass argument $1 with value foo bar, with space in it. This can be done

./s1 "foo bar"

however, when I want to run the above command in another script (say s2), how should I put it? If I put it as above, foo bar will be interpreted as two arguments (to s1) rather than one.

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You can try quoting $1:

./s2 "$1"
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do you mind explaining what would s2 looks like? I don't need to pass argument to s2, but to s1.
@Richard I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Can you clarify ?
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Use single quotes.

./script 'this is a line'

To consider variable substitutions use double quotes

./script "this is a line"

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How about:

./s1 foo\ bar

Would that work?

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Thanks for the suggestion. I did not have sufficient reputation to have the ability to make a comment on this post. I will keep this in mind next time.

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