Index: mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/abg2sympar_m2txt
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--- mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/abg2sympar_m2txt
+++ mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/abg2sympar_m2txt
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
   return matched;
 }
 
 BEGIN {
   var = "[%|#]VAR";
-  not_an_arg = "effort flow state internal external zero unknown 0 1";
+  not_an_arg = "effort flow state internal external zero unknown";
   arg_line = "arg = ";
 }
 {
   ## Explicit VAR declarations
   if (match($1,var)>0) print $2 "\t" system_name;
@@ -50,18 +50,19 @@
    ## Implicit declarations from the arg list
   if (match($1,"arg")>0) {
     args=substr($3,2,length($3)-3);
     N=split(args, arg, ",");
     for (i=1;i<=N;i++){
-      if ( (length(arg[i])>0)&&(matches(not_an_arg,arg[i])==0) ){
+      if ( (length(arg[i])>0)&&(matches(not_an_arg,arg[i])==0)&&(match(arg[i],"^[0-9]+[.]*")==0) ){
         print arg[i] "\t" system_name;
       }
     }
   }
 }' system_name=$1 |\
+grep -v '^\$' |\
 sort -u > $1_sympar.txt 2>mtt_error.txt
 
 # Now invoke the standard error handling.
 mtt_error mtt_error.txt