Declare env variable which value include space for docker/docker-compose
Lets see the result running the following compose file: version: “3” services: service: image: alpine command: env env_file: env.conf env.conf: TEST_VAR1=The value TEST_VAR2=”The value2″ docker-compose up Result: service_1 | PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin service_1 | TEST_VAR2=”The value2″ service_1 | TEST_VAR1=The value service_1 | HOME=/root Therefore, it is legal to have spaces in the env value.