i don't know why the shell does not unquote here:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim output :var how="a 'b' \c \"d\" e"
:var dothis="echo \"hi\""
echo $how
$dothis
#+END_SRC#+RESULTS: #+begin_example a 'b' c "d" e "hi" #+end_example thanks. samuel -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.
