> ( by the way....
>
> you don't have to surround the variable name with braces unless it's
> right up against something else, as in
>
> filename="test"
> cp somefile ${test}.txt
>
> if it's seperated by white space they don't have to be there
>
> )
oops - my face is red now.....
that should have been
filename="test"
cp somefile $(filename).txt
sorry
-jdr-
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