On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Juland Re Perales, R wrote: > I've been trying to get this script to work for a class and there's no > competent being in this campus to help me out. ... > I would really appreciate the help... :) Are you getting any error messages? Do not use test's -ne option for character strings (because it is for number comparisons). See the test man page. Use sh -x to run your script for easier debugging. Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/