dates.json

[
"Tue Feb 27 02:39:35",
"Sun Feb 25 04:06:58",
"Mon Feb 26 01:03:08"
]

gistfile1.txt

- description: ''
  executionEnabled: true
  id: 544bfdc9-da30-4822-a01e-2ca6f4285472
  loglevel: INFO
  name: multi-options with spaces
  nodeFilterEditable: false
  options:
  - delimiter: ','
    multivalued: true
    name: dates
    required: true
    valuesUrl: file:/tmp/dates.json
  scheduleEnabled: true
  sequence:
    commands:
    - args: ${option.dates.delimiter} ${option.dates}
      script: |-
        #!/bin/bash

        #1st arg is the delimiter string
        declare -r delimiter=$1
        #everything else is a space containing date string.
        declare -ra datepatterns=( ${@:2} )

        declare -i count=0

        IFS=$delimiter read -ra dates <<< "${datepatterns[@]}"
        for d in "${dates[@]}"
        do
        printf "date %d: %s\n" "$count" "$d"
        ((count++))
        done
    keepgoing: false
    strategy: node-first
  uuid: 544bfdc9-da30-4822-a01e-2ca6f4285472

multi-options_with_spaces.yaml

- description: ''
  executionEnabled: true
  id: 544bfdc9-da30-4822-a01e-2ca6f4285472
  loglevel: INFO
  name: multi-options with spaces
  nodeFilterEditable: false
  options:
  - delimiter: ','
    multivalued: true
    name: dates
    required: true
    valuesUrl: file:/tmp/dates.json
  scheduleEnabled: true
  sequence:
    commands:
    - script: |-
        echo "DEBUG: dates: @option.dates@"


        IFS=, read -ra dates <<< "@option.dates@"
        for d in "${dates[@]}"
        do
         printf "date: %s\n" "$d"
        done
    keepgoing: false
    strategy: node-first
  uuid: 544bfdc9-da30-4822-a01e-2ca6f4285472