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>>>>> "KP" == K Plummer <kplummer1@earthlink.net> writes:

 KP> Is ant expanding away the preceeding $ on $$1 on the first macro
 KP> (leaving $1) which becomes 1 on subsequent macro expansions?

Yes, $$ will simply be translated to $ by Ant, that's all. No further
processiong will be done by Ant.

I think, what you see is sh processing the $ sign you are sending on
the command line to the <exec> task. Maybe \$$ is what you want? Ant
woukld translate this to \$ and sh to $.

Stefan