I tried what you told me to do and this was the result: [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ less/var/log/xfree86.0.log bash: less/var/log/xfree86.0.log: No such file or directory [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ less /var/log/xfree86.0.log /var/log/xfree86.0.log: No such file or directory [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ less / var/log/xfree86.0.log / is a directory var/log/xfree86.0.log: No such file or directory [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ less/ var/log/xfree86.0.log bash: less/: No such file or directory [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ [bmike1@localhost bmike1]$ Now what am I doing wrong? -- :-)~Mike~(-: