John:

By default. the stream system uses "!".  Try stream {filename},~ where 
"~" is the new default.

Olav Kappert

John Clogg wrote:

> I have a pretty elementary question.  Does anyone know of a way to 
> dereference a variable starting in the first column of a line within a 
> job?  Typically, an exclamation point in column one is interpreted as 
> a colon, and the CI does not recognize the string following it as a 
> variable.
>
> I am aware of the use of ECHO and input redirection in the case of a 
> program requesting input:
>
> ECHO !MYVAR  >MYFILE
> RUN MYPROG  <MYFILE
>
> Does anyone know another trick?
>
> Thanks,
> John Clogg
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