Once upon a time, home user <mattisonw@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > $longstring="${startstring} ${longstring}" The leading dollar sign is your problem, you do not want that on the left hand side of an assignment. Having $longstring on the LHS just means it is expanded and interpreted as shell commands. You want: longstring="${startstring} ${longstring}" -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue