> Apparently I can't seem to "negate" the test, e. g. something like > > if !(grep medintux /etc/group) > > Any suggestions for the correct syntax here ? > I'd do it like this: grep medintux /etc/group if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Group not found" fi --------------------------------- Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Germany http://www.galitz.org/ http://german-way.com/blog/