> does that mean, that my terminal don't know the character set used on the website?
If you use the html version on the OS X command line, the variable will keep the quotes inside the value instead of acting like a string delimiter: Macintosh:temp thbar$ export SOMEVAR="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig" Macintosh:temp thbar$ echo $SOMEVAR *"/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig"* On the other hand, if you use the regular double-quote, you'll get the expected behaviour: Macintosh:temp thbar$ export SOMEVAR="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig" Macintosh:temp thbar$ echo $SOMEVAR */usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig * hope this helps -- Thibaut
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