I have a global variable companies="A B C D E" i have a call to a function that is
import_data companies in my function I have import_data() { for i in $1 do process etc etc done } this makes $1 become the word companies Whats the syntax to make $1 become $companies and therefore substitute A B C D E. cheers alister -- Alister Waller Roadtech Systems Ltd. 981A Victoria Road, West Ryde, NSW. PH: 02 98073516 FAX: 02 98085294 www.roadtechsystems.com.au -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug