On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 11:24 +0300, David Harel wrote: > Hi all, > I really am ashame to ask this question but I did not find an answer for > it in any documentation I searched (I have serious doubts bout my > searching skills). > > Here is a script fragment. > --------------------------- > #!/bin/bash > > subject='Set UID program scan results' > address="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > mailcommand="mutt $address -s $subject" > > $mailcommand << okfff > Some message body. > > okfff > --------------------------- > > This failles to work because the quotes on the subject field are > stripped. I also tried the '@' operator.
Did you try: subject="'Set UID program scan results'" I tested using the following commands (entered into interactive bash so YMMV): au="bcg" echo $au au="'bcg'" echo $au echo "goniff is $au" --- Omer -- Jara Cimrman. A name to remember. My own blog is at http://www.livejournal.com/users/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]