my menu\my menu-item%09.*%09echo Parameter: * This item is from the downloaded file http://www.bioinformatics.org/strap/metannogen/demo_integration/test_shell_scripts.tsv # Lines starting with '#' like this are ignored # There are 3 tab separated columns. Tab can also be written as %09 # "my_menu/my_menu" item is the menu item name. # The regular expression ".*" means that this line is applied to all parameters. # The third column "echo Parameter: * ....." gives a shell script. The asterisk is replaced by the parameter my menu\my other menu-item%09.*%09http://www.google.com/search?q=metannogen # In this case the 3rd colum starts with http:// and therefore it is interpreted as a Web address.