I wonder if I can pass the content of a bash variable as an argument to gcc. My variable is a list of optimization options like $var="-opt1 -opt2 -opt3" gcc $var test.c -o object.o didn't work -- View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n5.nabble.com/pass-bash-variable-as-argument-to-gcc-tp1199673.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.