diff --git a/external/ios/build_boost.sh b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
index 4bfbfeb..805fbd0 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_boost.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ if [ -d "$BOOST_DIR_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Boost directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning Boost from $BOOST_URL"
-    mkdir -p $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
-    rm -rf $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
-    cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript" $BOOST_DIR_PATH
+    mkdir -p "$BOOST_DIR_PATH" || true
+    rm -rf "$BOOST_DIR_PATH" || true
+    cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript" "$BOOST_DIR_PATH"
 fi
-cd $BOOST_DIR_PATH
+cd "$BOOST_DIR_PATH"
 
 ./boost.sh -ios \
 	--min-ios-version ${MIN_IOS_VERSION} \
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ cd $BOOST_DIR_PATH
 	--boost-version ${BOOST_VERSION} \
 	--no-framework
 
-mv -f ${BOOST_DIR_PATH}/build/boost/${BOOST_VERSION}/ios/release/prefix/include/*  $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
-mv -f ${BOOST_DIR_PATH}/build/boost/${BOOST_VERSION}/ios/release/prefix/lib/*  $EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR
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+cp -r "${BOOST_DIR_PATH}/build/boost/${BOOST_VERSION}"/ios/release/prefix/include/boost  "$EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR/boost"
+cp -r "${BOOST_DIR_PATH}/build/boost/${BOOST_VERSION}"/ios/release/prefix/lib/*  "$EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR/"
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diff --git a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
index 507ca9d..4bf6aa2 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ if [ -d "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" ]; then
 else
     mkdir -p "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" || true
     rm -rf "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH"
-	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone" $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone" "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH"
 fi
-cd $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
+cd "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH"
 
 ./build-libssl.sh --version=1.1.1q --targets="ios-cross-arm64" --deprecated
 
 
-mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
-mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
-mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libssl-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
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+cp -r "${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}"/include/* "$EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR/"
+cp "${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}"/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a "${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}"/libcrypto.a
+cp "${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}"/lib/libssl-iOS.a "${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}"/libssl.a
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diff --git a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
index ecb4a5e..d8f8777 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ if [ -d "$SODIUM_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Sodium directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning Sodium from $SODIUM_URL"
-    mkdir -p $SODIUM_PATH || true
-    rm -rf $SODIUM_PATH
-	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libsodium" $SODIUM_PATH
+    mkdir -p "$SODIUM_PATH" || true
+    rm -rf "$SODIUM_PATH"
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libsodium" "$SODIUM_PATH"
 fi
 
-cd $SODIUM_PATH
+cd "$SODIUM_PATH"
 ../../../../libsodium_apple-ios.sh
 
-mv -f ${SODIUM_PATH}/libsodium-apple/ios/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
-mv -f ${SODIUM_PATH}/libsodium-apple/ios/lib/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR
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+cp -r "${SODIUM_PATH}"/libsodium-apple/ios/include/* "$EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR/"
+cp -r "${SODIUM_PATH}"/libsodium-apple/ios/lib/* "$EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR/"
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