try fixing argument expansion again

    - echo "Using config ${CONFIG_JSON}"

    - echo "Using output configs ${OUT_CONFIGS}"

    - git clone --single-branch --branch main https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@forge.3gpp.org/rep/ivas-codec-pc/ivas-processing-scripts.git

    # if the user selects the LTV config, copy the LTV files to a tmpdir and use a script to update the metadata file naming

    - |

      if [[ "$CONFIG_JSON" == "scripts/config/ci_linux_ltv.json" ]]; then

        TEMP_LTV_DIR=$(mktemp -d)

      fi

    - make -j

    - |

      EXTRA_ARGS=""

      [ -n "${OUT_CONFIGS}" ] && EXTRA_ARGS="${EXTRA_ARGS} --oc ${OUT_CONFIGS}"

      [ -n "${DEC_OPTS}" ] && EXTRA_ARGS="${EXTRA_ARGS} -D=${DEC_OPTS}"

      OC_ARG=""

      [ -n "${OUT_CONFIGS}" ] && OC_ARG="--oc ${OUT_CONFIGS}"

      DEC_ARG=""

      [ -n "${DEC_OPTS}" ] && DEC_ARG="-D=${DEC_OPTS}"

      for fmt in ${FORMAT_LIST}; do

        ./scripts/runIvasCodec.py -z console -p "${CONFIG_JSON}" -x "${fmt}_b${FLT_SUFFIX}" ${EXTRA_ARGS} | tee -a smoke_test_output.txt

        ./scripts/runIvasCodec.py -z console -p "${CONFIG_JSON}" -x "${fmt}_b${FLT_SUFFIX}" ${OC_ARG} "${DEC_ARG}" | tee -a smoke_test_output.txt

      done

    - ./scripts/get_loudness_data.py ${CONFIG_JSON} --formats ${FORMAT_LIST}