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scripts/ensure_no_spaces.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure no spaces are in the input environment variable(s)
+# specify the environment variable(s) to validate as an argument (or array of arguments)
+# reserve first argument for the environment variable name
+
+ENV_VAR_NAME=$1
+
+for var in "${@:2}"; do
+    # get the value of the specified environment variable
+    value=$(eval echo \$$var)
+    # check if the value has spaces
+    if [[ $value =~ [[:space:]] ]]; then
+        echo "❌ Invalid $ENV_VAR_NAME: $value"
+        echo "ℹ️ $ENV_VAR_NAME must not have spaces"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "✅ $ENV_VAR_NAME is valid: $value"
+    fi
+done