>wow...never knew the decision to use single or double quotes had such >a huge impact on shell scripts! There was a recent thread on Dec 3, 2003 which discussed this: "When are quotes necessary in terminal commands?" was the subject. Bjorn ================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained herein is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access by any other party is unauthorised without the express written permission of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender either via the company switchboard on +44 (0)20 7623 8000, or via e-mail return. If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to read our e-mail disclaimer statement and monitoring policy, please refer to http://www.drkw.com/disc/email/ or contact the sender. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------