# How to Pass Comma-Separated Arguments in Add Step EMR JobFlow Without Breaking spark-submit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Pipelines\ **Tags:** troubleshooting, emr\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://community.sparkflows.ai/t/how-to-pass-comma-separated-arguments-in-add-step-emr-jobflow-without-breaking-spark-submit/312 "2026-03-02T07:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# Question I want to know about the Sparkflows **Add Step EMR JobFlow** pipeline node. I am trying to run a `spark-submit` job. One of my arguments is a comma-delimited list of values. In the example below, it is the value for the `--batch` argument: > spark-submit,–deploy-mode,client,–class,,,–batch,“2024010100,2024010101,2024010102” Sparkflows parses the comma-delimited list into separate `spark-submit` arguments, which causes the step to fail. Is there any way to quote the parameter value or escape the commas so that the value `"2024010100,2024010101,2024010102"` will be treated as a single `spark-submit` argument? # Answer AddStepEMRJob uses `command-runner.jar` by default to run commands as a step in EMR. Here is an example of running the `spark-submit` command in AddStepEMRJobFlow: > **bash,-c,“spark-submit --master yarn --deploy-mode client --class com.fire.SparkPi s3://sparkflows-release/fire/library-jar/livy-jar/fire-spark-test-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar {arg}”** In the above command: - **`{arg}`** is parameterized. - The value is passed during execution time. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/sparkflows/original/1X/1c39ebb725e24a2b33af5a013641f5b8d1a6193a.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/sparkflows/original/1X/ebcb0e6e875f40b91ac6e2ba43907393ba377a3d.jpeg)