Jason Etheridge wrote: >> XYZ="ABC" >> ABC=123456 >> echo $$XYZ > > > There's probably a more elegant way to do it, but in bash: > eval echo $`echo ${XYZ}` > > A phrase to google for is "double interpolation". That did not appear to work for me. -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft