"Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > USER=$( who|grep ttyS1 | awk '{printf $1}')
In the interests of eliminating unneeded commands, did you realise you can write this more easily as the following? USER=$(who | awk '$2=="ttyS1" { print $1 }') -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .