Very Computer

I have a variable passing itself as an arguement to another script:

contents of variable   line  

1725 2385 2523

total=`./compute.vm $line`

when i look at $1 in ./compute.vm I get:

1725 2385 2523

what i WANT is
$1 to equal 1725
$2 to equal 2385
$3 to equal 2523

        Any advice?

                        Thanks in advance,
                                Simon

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| I have a variable passing itself as an [argument] to another script:
|
| contents of variable   line  
|
| 1725 2385 2523
|
| total=`./compute.vm $line`
|
| when i look at $1 in ./compute.vm I get:
|
| 1725 2385 2523
|
| what i WANT is
| $1 to equal 1725
| $2 to equal 2385
| $3 to equal 2523

That's odd; in which shell?  total=`./compute.vm "$line"` should produce the
undersired effect you're getting, but what you're typing should give you what
you want.  [I'm assuming from variable= without the word "set" that you're
using sh or a shell with sh-style syntax and not one from the csh family.]

Back to the draing board: next try

  total=`eval ./compute.vm $line`

and see if that helps.