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From: Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:35:51 -0500
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Subject: how do i only get the first variable of a multi-defined variable
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Hey
	How do I only get the first variable of a multi-defined variable
for example

BLAH=	var1 var2 var3 var4

how do I make BLAH only use the first variable defined?
so it looks like the following

BLAH= var1

Thanks
	Michael