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I think you might be right. Below are the results from the actual script. The thing that screws me up is i CAN copy the echoed command into the command prompt and it works. I am at a loss. The...

You have to run it in a script.

#---------
#!/bin/bash
variable="-b \"dc=example,dc=com\""
ldapsearch $variable
echo This is echoed: $variable
#----------

when you run sh -x to it this is...

This is a totally dumb newbie question, but I have not been able to find t he answer in the BASH book or online.

I am trying pass a double quoted variable to the command line.

variable = "-b...