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Ah, I see.

How's about

#!/usr/bin/ksh

counter=1
cmd="awk"
field1="Fred"
field2="Joe"
field3="Mary"
field4="Jane"


while [ $counter -le 4 ]
do
field=field$counter
eval...

Hmmm... Re-reading your question, i don't know if this'll help....


#!/usr/bin/ksh

counter=1
cmd="awk"

number_of_fields=4

while [[ $counter -le $number_of_fields ]]
do
cmd=$cmd"...

Hmm, not too sure that I follow....

What is the content of "file" (i.e. that's providing STDIN to the while loop)?

Cheers
ZB