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There is no entry to check the version of perl in the script. Perhaps we could add : perl --version | head -2 | tail -1 thus : #!/bin/bash # Simple script to list version numbers of critical development tools bash --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2-4 echo -n "Binutils: "; ld --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f3-4 bison --version | head -n1 bzip2 --version 2>&1 < /dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1,6- echo -n "Coreutils: "; chown --version | head -n1 | cut -d")" -f2 diff --version | head -n1 find --version | head -n1 gawk --version | head -n1 gcc --version | head -n1 /lib/libc.so.6 | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1-7 grep --version | head -n1 gzip --version | head -n1 cat /proc/version make --version | head -n1 patch --version | head -n1 perl --version | head -2 | tail -1 sed --version | head -n1 tar --version | head -n1 Output on this unit says : bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release Binutils: version 2.17 bison (GNU Bison) 2.3 bzip2, Version 1.0.3, 15-Feb-2005. Coreutils: 5.97 diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1 GNU find version 4.2.28 GNU Awk 3.1.5 gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6, grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1 gzip 1.3.12 Linux version 2.6.19-rc6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060901 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-13)) #35 PREEMPT Mon Nov 27 20:48:16 CET 2006 GNU Make 3.81 patch 2.5.9 This is perl, v5.8.8 built for powerpc-linux-gnu-thread-multi GNU sed version 4.1.5 tar (GNU tar) 1.16 - Dennis Clarke -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page