Hi I am sure the answer here is really easy but i am stuck! # mount | grep data | awk '{print$1,$2,$3}' gives me the info i require locally, however i need to execute this over about 1000 hosts so i run things remotely using ssh something like # MOUNTER=`ssh $i 'mount | grep data | awk '{print$1,$2,$3}''` however this fails as at the end of the line there are 2 ticks eg ' together - Can anyone offer me some syntax help please? thanks