On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Mike wrote: > Well, I ran this little script and it responded with: 'can't open' and 'check > failed'. Then I figured it probably needs superuser priveledges so I make it > so. > it responds thusly: > bmike1@0[bmike1]$ sudo for m in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*md5sums ; > do md5sum -c $m; done > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do' You tried with "sudo". Your sudo command ends with the semicolon. Login as root and do it (without sudo). Or put it into a file, make it executable and then run that with sudo. Jeremy C. Reed technical support & remote administration http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/ --------------------------------------------------- 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