Change the format string syntax into {index} from $index.

src/bin/common/parse-cli-args.js

@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ class ArgumentSet {
 function parseCLIArgsCore(set, args) {    // eslint-disable-line complexity
     const terminator = args.indexOf("--");
     if (terminator !== -1) {
-        set.rest = args.slice(terminator).map(arg => `"${arg.replace(/(^|[^\\])"/g, "$1\\\"")}"`);
-        set.rest[0] = set.rest.slice(1).join(" ");
+        set.rest = args.slice(terminator);
         args = args.slice(0, terminator); // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
     }
     for (let i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {

src/lib/index.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const Promise = require("pinkie-promise");
+const shellQuote = require("shell-quote");
 const matchTasks = require("./match-tasks");
 const readPackageJson = require("./read-package-json");
 const runTasksInParallel = require("./run-tasks-in-parallel");
@@ -162,9 +163,18 @@ module.exports = function npmRunAll(
         }
 
         for (let i = 0, len = patterns.length; i < len; ++i) {
-            patterns[i] = patterns[i].replace(/[$](\d+)(?=\s|$)/g, ($0, $1) => {
-                const pos = parseInt($1, 10);
-                return pos >= 0 && pos < rest.length ? rest[pos] : "";
+            patterns[i] = patterns[i].replace(/[{]([*@]|\d+)[}]/g, (match, index) => {
+                if (index === "@") {
+                    return shellQuote.quote(rest.slice(1));
+                }
+                if (index === "*") {
+                    return shellQuote.quote([rest.slice(1).join(" ")]).replace(/^"|"$/g, '');
+                }
+                const position = parseInt(index, 10);
+                if (position >= 0 && position < rest.length) {
+                    return shellQuote.quote([rest[position]]);
+                }
+                return match;
             });
         }