actually this did it: host -l pgp.net | grep www |awk '{print $1}' |grep us On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 04:12:50PM +0100, Thorsten Haude thus spat: | Hi, | | >I was wondering why this command isn't working... | | ># `host -l pgp.net | grep www | grep us |awk '{print $1}'` | >bash: wwwkeys.us.pgp.net: command not found | Sorry, that was misleading. Try | echo `host -l pgp.net | grep www | grep us |awk '{print $1}'` | | The command would be | host -l pgp.net | grep www | grep us | | hth | Thorsten | -- /Jason G Helfman "At any given moment, you may find the ticket to the circus that has always been in your possession." Fingerprint: 6A32 3774 E390 33B5 8C96 2AA1 2BF4 BD71 35A1 C149 GnuPG http://www.gnupg.org Get Private! 1024D/35A1C149