Thanks Glenn. In article <slrnfku4i4.qp6.glennj@smeagol.ncf.ca> you write: >At 2007-11-29 08:36AM, "Anon432 Vqfz" wrote: >> Consider this bash test script: >> >> $ bash -c 'for f;do echo "myarg: $f";done' TESTSCRIPT 'first arg' 'second arg' >> myarg: first arg >> myarg: second arg >> >> How might I drive the arguments sent to the >> above script with a tcl list? I want the method >> to to be generic enough, so it does >> not matter what is in the list. >> > >For tcl 8.4 > % set params [list {first arg} {second arg}] > {first arg} {second arg} > % set cmd [linsert $params 0 bash -c {for f;do echo "$0 arg: $f";done} TESTSCRIPT] > bash -c {for f;do echo "$0 arg: $f";done} TESTSCRIPT {first arg} {second arg} > % catch [linsert $cmd 0 exec] output > 0 > % set output > TESTSCRIPT arg: first arg > TESTSCRIPT arg: second arg just wanted to thank you for the above soln, which worked on cygwin (tcl 8.4) - thanks very much! >for tcl 8.5 > % set params [list {first arg} {second arg}] > {first arg} {second arg} > % set cmdpref [list bash -c {for f;do echo "$0 arg: $f";done} TESTSCRIPT] > bash -c {for f;do echo "$0 arg: $f";done} TESTSCRIPT > % catch [list exec {*}$cmdpref {*}$params] output > 0 > % set output > TESTSCRIPT arg: first arg > TESTSCRIPT arg: second arg I'm not sure if tcl 8.5 is available for cygwin - looks like interesting syntax above - will save the 8.5 soln for later