On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:06:26 -0400 Jason Etheridge <phasefx at magusaptus.com> wrote: > There's probably a more elegant way to do it, but in bash: > eval echo $`echo ${XYZ}` > Thanks Jason. Another way I found in groups.google.com is: eval echo \$$XYZ Thanks very much for the help. John