Phil Betts wrote: > Except that single quotes will also prevent variable substitution.
Doh, yep, wasn't thinking straight. As Mark points out, double-quotes are probably the simplest alternative. cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/