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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by periodontal on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:12PM (#24520035)
For bash, add quotes: "${cmd[@]}"

Otherwise, you'll get word splitting. E.g.,

  cmd=(
   test
   "!= !="
   !=
   ""
  )
  "${cmd[@]}" && echo Success
  ${cmd[@]} || echo Failure
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