On Friday 12 November 2004 07:13, diego.veiga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to execute this part of a script in expect, but it > seems that the exec command don't support | or ; Try without the single quote...... Regards, Mike Klinke expect1.1> set parsethis "test:one" test:one expect1.2> set machine [exec echo $parsethis | cut -d':' -f1]; cut: the delimiter must be a single character Try `cut --help' for more information. while executing "exec echo $parsethis | cut -d':' -f1" expect1.3> set machine [exec echo $parsethis | cut -d : -f1]; test -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list