Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly!!  I've got a working solution
(put quotes around the darn thing).

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sorenson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 2:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Anybody want to take a crack at this?


Tom,

Have you tried placing quotes around the line in your command file?  The
command would be the same except add single or double quotes around the
redirection statement.  It would display as 'defragx.defragx.lps<stdin1'.
Not pretty, but it would display the command without trying to execute it
(*I think*).

Good luck!    :-)

Bob Sorenson

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Tom Madigan
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 1:08 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Anybody want to take a crack at this?

Hello fellow MPE-ers:

I'm trying to display the following line from a command file:

     defragx.defragx.lps<stdin1

using the command:  echo      defragx.defragx.lps<stdin1.

Naturally, the command file tries to execute the echo statement using the
file stdin1 as input.  Duh??  I'm trying several workarounds but keep coming
up short.  Anybody out there tried anything similar?  Thanks!!

Tom Madigan

P.S. I've tried things like:echo     defragx.defragx.lps![chr(60)]stdin1
(doesn't work either!!)