To remove single quotes  in a ksh script use  eval (it is
prefixed to a comand). To remove double quotes or parse a line in words, use
the comand set word1 word2 word3 .... Then you have access to the words as
variables $1 $2 $3 etc.  or
line="word1 word2 ..."
set $line
echo $1 etc.

> > Okay.  I have another question regarding variables and scripts.  But
> > before
> > I ask this one, just wondering if anyone knows the answer to my previous
> > question?.  How do you remove preceding spaces in a variable?  Meaning if
> > I
> > have a variable that looks like this
> > '                           TRUE', but all I really need is just the word
> > TRUE.  How do I get rid of the spaces before the word?
> >
> > My other question is if my script is reading a text file and processing
> > each line, how do I parse out each word on that line and assign it to a
> > variable?  For example, the line looks like this:   'resourcename Jan 15
> > 10:00:00 EST 1999' and I just want to capture 'resourcename' and assign it
> > to one variable and capture  '10:00:00' and assign it to another variable.
> >
> > BTW....In case anyone is wondering, I do have a Korn Shell programming
> > book, but I can't seem to find this information in there.  I'm sure its
> > there, in some form, but is it english?   Thanks for all the
> > help..................Lucy
> >
>