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Old 02-13-2008
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Try putting quotes around the 'xxx*'
Otherwise the string will be evaluated by korn shell before the parameters get passed to the script (expanding xxx* to 'xxx01 xxx02 xxx03' etc), and the script will only receive the first one ($1), and will only display that one.