repett0 at sac.uky.edu wrote: > > say I have an array @foo of ints > > and some scalars like $m=50 > > $run = "a.out" > > if I do this on a.out will it bypass the shell and give the array and $m > as command line ar > > system($run,$m, at foo); yes. provided a.out is in your path. -- Steve Lane <sml at zfx.com>