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find -exec with a variable containing a codesign command with quotes

I'm struggling to make find -exec accept my variable which contains a command with quotes...

signpath="codesign --force --deep --verbose --sign \"My Sign ID\""

Then no matter what version of find I try, I cannot succeed to exec the $signpath properly:

find "$pathtoframeworks" -type f -not -name '*.*' -exec "$signpath {}" \;
#the above results in codesign --force --deep --verbose --sign "My Sign ID" My App.app/Contents/Frameworks/MyFramework.framework/Versions/5/MyFramework: No such file or directory

find "$pathtoframeworks" -type f -not -name '*.*' -exec $signpath "{}" \;
#the above results in "My: no identity found

find "$pathtoframeworks" -type f -not -name '*.*' -exec "$signpath" {} \;
#the above results in codesign --force --deep --verbose --sign "My Sign ID": No such file or directory

find -exec seems to have trouble dealing with quotes within variables... What can I do ? :/

Solution

  • Try quoting it separately:

    find "$pathtoframeworks" -type f -not -name '*.*' -exec "$signpath" '{}' \;

    Though better and safer is to save command line in an array:

    signpath=(codesign --force --deep --verbose --sign "My Sign ID")

    And use it as:

    find "$pathtoframeworks" -type f -not -name '*.*' -exec "${signpath[@]}" '{}' \;