"der.hans" wrote: > will show you the exact output of thescript between the > parens. Presumably this include a newline, however. If that's the case do > "thescript >outfile", then vi the outfile and do ":set list", that puts a > $ at the end of the line, e.g. "Arch ist: powerppc/mac $" means there's a > space in there. ":q!" will quit vi without saving, just in case you don't > normally use vi. >
okay, there's a space, but I think that had to do w/ the formating of the last command: "print 'Arch ist: $arch \n\n'", I took out the space b/w $arch and \n and the space went away... --Nelson Abramson -- "Every time you get a dialog box you don't understand, you ought to get a nickel from Microsoft, and every time it crashes, you should get a dollar. That would make Bill Gates homeless and me a rich man." --Ben Schneiderman, University of Maryland computer science professor Courtesy of 1984: http://www.1984-online.com/facts.html