On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:58:46 -0700 MHR wrote: > > >If you're asking these kinds of questions, a basic primer on how to >use bash, and shell scripting in general, seems to be in order. It >never hurts to have good manuals around if you are not thoroughly >familiar with a particular paradigm, and it makes for handy reference >in the future. You will (and did) get lots of help here, but you'll >run into more and mroe of this as you go, and these kinds of issues >are frequently covered in detail in a good manual. O'Reilly book: Learning the Bash Shell - Newham & Rosenblatt ISBN 978-0-596-00965-6 -- Julian Thomas: jt at jt-mj.net http://jt-mj.net In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western New York State! -- -- A 2 year old's answer to everything: "No!" You can learn a lot from a 2 year old....