On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 11:50:31AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > [root@abc root]#a=10 > [root@abc root]#set > > I can see the a=10 > > Now when i go to another shell I dont see the value a=10 You need to use "export". Read "man bash" (search forward to the "export" command). -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan, | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) http://sylvan.com/~kayvan | my beautiful Queen. | Robin Gregory (2/28/92)