terminal - How to add path with space in Bash variable

Question

How can I add a path with a space in a Bash variable in .bashrc? I want to store some variables in .bashrc for paths and I encountered a path with a space in it.

I tried to add it between ' ' or use the escape character , but it didn't help:

games=/run/media/mohamedRadwan/games moves    # this doesn't work
games='/run/media/mohamedRadwan/games  moves'  # or this
games="/run/media/mohamedRadwan/games  moves"  # or this

... when I run:

mount $games

... it throws an error indicating that it's only trying to mount /run/media/mohamedRadwan/games.

But when I run echo $games, it shows the full value, /run/media/mohamedRadwan/games moves.

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

mount /dev/sda9 "$games"

As mentioned, always quote variable dereferences. Otherwise, the shell confuses the spaces in the variable's value as spaces separating multiple values.