Bash script: array elements containing space character I'm getting started with bash scripting. I'm working with array elements that contain space characters. In the code below, the third array element is "Accessory Engine". I tried to set the space character using the `\` symbol, but this doesn't help. In the larger routine (not included here), I use the array elements to automatize some stuff with command line tools. Those command line tools would accept "Accessory Engine" as an input. #!/bin/bash components="Persistence Instrument Accessory\Engine" for i in $components; do echo ${i} done Now the output from this code is: Persistence Instrument Accessory\Engine But I want it to be: Persistence Instrument Accessory Engine How can I achieve that?

Arrays are defined differently:


components=(Persistence Instrument "Accessory Engine")


or


components=(Persistence Instrument Accessory\ Engine)


And accessed differently:


for i in "${components[@]}"