This should properly resolve the nick's

basice2e/run.sh

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ do
     for nid in 1
     do
         nid=$((($cid % 4) + 1))
-        eval export NICK=$NICK${cid}
-        eval echo ${NICK${cid}}
+        eval NICK=\${NICK${cid}}
         CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\" --nick $NICK"
         eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client$cid$nid.out 2>&1 &
         RETVAL=$!
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ do
     for nid in 1
     do
         nid=$((($cid % 4) + 1))
-        eval NICK=$(echo $NICK${cid})
+        eval NICK=\${NICK${cid}}
         CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\" --nick $NICK"
         eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client$cid$nid.out 2>&1 &
         RETVAL=$!