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Thxs Lakris, this is exactly what I want to do. The eval cd '$'$1 works like a champ. How can I set it to an unix var. Example:

ora_base_dir=eval cd '$'$1

I know the above does not work; but...

Thx, Jim. I don't think I'm clear on what I'm asking.
But basically, I'm passing the name of unix env var from my Oracle current program to the unix shell. To the shell script; it is $1 parameter....

No. It is a parameter in an Oracle current program. The Oracle current program is a host script; In this case it will be a unix shell script. No sql or pl/sql is involved.

I have an Oracle concurrent program that I'm passing a parameter to a unix shell script. An example value of the Oracle parameter is PO_TOP. The Oracle parameter represents the unix env var PO_TOP,...