Hi All, I am trying to build a command line with spaces in the argument. This demonstrates what I am trying to do. Clearly the first two commands work fine. However, the last 4 lines to not. /opt/libreoffice5.4/program/soffice.bin --headless --convert-to csv "/tmp/file.xlsx" /opt/libreoffice5.4/program/soffice.bin --headless --convert-to csv "/tmp/file 2.xlsx" MSG="file 2" MSG="csv \"$MSG\"" echo $MSG /opt/libreoffice5.4/program/soffice.bin --headless --convert-to $MSG I am trying to make a variable containing spaces which is MSG. Then add to that variable the argument csv. The "echo" above prints the write stuff. But when I try to use it in the last command its no longer valid and says Source file could not be loaded. What am I missing? much searching hinted to arrays and using \$ but I could not get that to work. Thanks. Jerry