Greeting! readcmd put trash in the variables. Test case: $ cat /tmp/conf Include common.conf FullSpeedCPU yes $ cat /tmp/z.sh while read option params; do printf '[%s] [%s]\n' "$option" "$params" done < /tmp/conf Result: $ dash /tmp/z.sh [Include] [common.conf] [FullSpeedCPU] [yesFnf] -- Rgrds, legion -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html