Subj : Spliiting a command line into two options To : Sean Rima From : Jame Clay Date : Mon Aug 18 2003 08:30 pm Hi Sean! >>> I want $a to be tcob1tes and $b to be this is a test >> I'd read $ARGV[0] into $a, then set up a loop to read the rest of the >> $ARGV array, concatenate the bits with spaces, and shove it in $b... > I did that in the end, works a treat. And, of course, if you want more control over the command line parameters to a you could use getopts (Stn or Long)... Jame --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag-5 * Origin: http://bbs.rocasa.org (1:120/544) .