Passing arguments with spaces between (bash) script

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$*, unquoted, expands to two words. You need to quote it so that someApp receives a single argument.

someApp "$*"

It’s possible that you want to use $@ instead, so that someApp would receive two arguments if you were to call b.sh as

b.sh 'My first' 'My second'

With someApp "$*", someApp would receive a single argument My first My second. With someApp "$@", someApp would receive two arguments, My first and My second.

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