>awk -v q="'" ' BEGIN { ORS=" "; printf("%s", q) } { print "\"" $1 "\"" } END { printf("%s", q) } ' >or >awk ' BEGIN { ORS=" "; printf("\x27") } { print "\"" $1 "\"" } END { printf("\x27") } ' Thanks JD! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos