How can I pass a quoted string as a single argument via bash variable

bash shell

An array will take care of all the quoting issues.

[env.sh] options=(-def "hello world")[run.sh]source ./env.sh myprogram "${options[@]}"

export keyword removed since it is unnecessary here and also doesn't work for arrays.

bash shell

You can do this without changing env.sh:

IFS=$'"'opt=($options)myprogram "${opt[@]}"

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