In article <MCNEILD.90Nov10134417 at mcneild.Software.Mitel.COM> mcneild at mcneild.Software.Mitel.COM (Doug McNeil) writes: >$eval z="$`echo $c`" eval z=\$$c will do what you want. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170