What happens to command-line-arguments (on linux)? 1) i get now the string in a block 2) the space immediate after the command is included as argument. bugs or hidden sense? before i simple used [to file! system/options/args] demo: ;with rebol[file: %showargs.r] print[mold system/options/args " -> " mold to file! system/options/args] quit ;the shell-script: rebol-22 -q showargs.r a-filename rebol-23 -q showargs.r a-filename rebolv -q showargs.r a-filename ;gives "a-filename" -> %a-filename [" a-filename"] -> %%20a-filename ; ?!?!?! "a-filename" -> %a-filename Volker