passing variable with space

[palica]

how should I pass variable with space? eg. USE="this that" because every time I use laminarc set USE=$USE it gets truncated to USE='"this'

am I doing something wrong?

[ohwgiles]

The quotes in USE="this that" are parsed by bash and not saved as part of the variable itself. When bash interprets laminarc set USE=$USE it expands it to laminarc set USE=this that. You need to do laminarc set USE="$USE" or laminarc set "USE=$USE". See http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/quotingvar.html for more information

[palica]

ok, yes got it working with USE="$USE"
thank you