Hi, On 02/04/12 23:28, Mathijs Kwik wrote: > args1="one two" > args2="three four" ... > $ mycommand $args1 $args2 > You passed 2 arguments Eh? Unless you have set $IFS to a non-standard value, $args1 and $args2 will be split into four arguments. -- Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/