On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 11:52 -0700, Mike Garfias wrote: > Your shell is intrepreting $. Make it literal by wrapping it in single > quotes. > grep -v '$' > --- I've been trying all sorts of things... #cat users marsha 4600c-1$ # cat users|grep -v $ # cat users|grep -v '$' # cat users|grep -v "$" # cat users|grep -v /$ marsha 4600c-1$ # cat users|grep -v '/$' marsha 4600c-1$ :::sigh::: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss