Calling one Bash script from another Script passing it arguments with quotes and spaces

Question

I made two test bash scripts on Linux to make the problem clear.

TestScript1 looks like:

    echo "TestScript1 Arguments:"     echo "$1"     echo "$2"     echo "$#"     ./testscript2 $1 $2 

TestScript2 looks like:

    echo "TestScript2 Arguments received from TestScript1:"     echo "$1"     echo "$2"     echo "$#" 

When i execute testscript1 in the following way:

    ./testscript1 "Firstname Lastname" [email protected]   

The desired Output should be:

    TestScript1 Arguments:       Firstname Lastname       [email protected]       2     TestScript2 Arguments received from TestScript1:       Firstname Lastname       [email protected]       2   

But the actual output is:

    TestScript1 Arguments:       Firstname Lastname       [email protected]       2     TestScript2 Arguments received from TestScript1:       Firstname     Lastname           3   

How do i solve this problem? I want to get the desired output instead of the actual output.

Answer 1

Quote your args in Testscript 1:

echo "TestScript1 Arguments:" echo "$1" echo "$2" echo "$#" ./testscript2 "$1" "$2"