Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpcllla!hpclisp!hpclscu!shankar From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: csh and globbing in `..` Message-ID: <670010@hpclscu.HP.COM> Date: 14 Mar 88 16:37:01 GMT References: <670009@hpclscu.HP.COM> Organization: HP ITG/ISD Computer Language Lab Lines: 10 I've received several replies, many of which pointed me in the right direction. The solution was to put the `..` inside double quotes. set line = "`...`" echo "$line" Thanx again to all who took the trouble to reply. Shankar.