Hi,

On 14 March 2012 13:51, Volker Wysk <pf3@volker-wysk.de> wrote:

import System

main = do

[a] <- getArgs

putStrLn (show a)


a here is already of type String. If you don't call show on it, it'll do the expected thing.

Try:
main = do
[a] <- getArgs
putStrLn a

HTH,
Ozgur