http://www.unix.com – Hi all, i am trying to process a list of values in FILE like this: aaa:bbb ccc:ddd eee:fff With the following logic: Code: for INFO in FILE do export F1=`cut -f1,3,5,7 -d":" < FILE` export F2=`cut -f2,3,5,7 -d":" < FILE` ssh $F1 bash <<EOF echo $F1 echo $F2 date EOF done The problem I am finding is that the cut is extracting ALL values in t (HowTos)