Issue reading from aXML file using ANT commands

Let's say there are two words(in a directory path) in the XML written like this:

word word

Simply separated by a blank space. But when I input the ANT command it reads it like this:

word,word

... and the command fails.

Someone told me that i should write it like this in the XML:

word\ word

It did not work. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help.

The "word, word" command worked for me fine no errors executed fine. What version are you using?

Might be something to do with an update enabling it vie got the latest one out atm.