Hallo Allen,

how about
parm1=`head -1 $SCRIPTS/test1.txt`
?

Wednesday, August 4, 2004, 12:16:04 AM, you wrote:
...
AL> head $SCRIPTS/test1.txt | read parm1;
AL> echo 'parm1=' $parm1
AL> MYTESTVAR=`head $SCRIPTS/test1.txt`;
AL> echo 'MYTESTVAR=' $MYTESTVAR;
...

cu
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