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Old 01-05-2009
bobbygsk bobbygsk is offline
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Try this:

echo "Please enter your full name: "
read name
echo $name | awk '{print $2}'

SINCE I CANNOT RECALL THE ABOVE MSG, PLS IGNORE IT.
Last edited by bobbygsk; 01-05-2009 at 12:32 PM.. Reason: Misunderstood the question