Am 26. May, 2001 schwäzte Kevin Buettner so: > Search the bash manpage for the section entitled "Special Parameters". Got it. Thanks! ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Aligo.com # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- # I took the one less traveled by, # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans