I am trying to use Runtime.exec to run a command and pass it a parameter.

I need it to preserve the spaces in the parameter but cannot get it to work.

E.g

My code says

String cmd = "sh1 xxxx                 1234";
Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

the sh1 bash shell says

echo '$@' = $@
echo '$1' = $1
echo '$2' = $2

When I run it it displays

$@ = xxxx 1234
$1 = xxxx
$2 = 1234

I want it to pass the code "as is" so as one parameter

So it would display

$@ = xxxx                 1234
$1 = xxxx                 1234
$2 =

I could even cope with

$@ = xxxx                 1234
$1 = xxxx
$2 = 1234

I have tried different variation of single and double quotes without any
success.