if VAR contains 
        ls ; rm -rf / 
then  eval $VAR would run
        ls
        rm -rf /
whereas eval ${VAR} would run
        "ls ; rm -rf /"
and would return
        ls ; rm -rf /: Command not found.


On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 10:01, Nick Rout wrote:
> what is the difference between $VAR and ${VAR} apart from a whole lot of
> tricky keystrokes??
> -- 
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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