Since eval might be considered evil, another more obscure solution would be to use arrays which are also supported by both shells. For example:
CMD=(date -u) "${c...@]}" However, this will not work with dash, so the compromise is either to use eval which works almost everywhere or arrays which works on real shells. -- Virt-manager unable to display guest consoles when connecting to a host user who is using the zsh shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556113 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs