Neil, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> There is no need to quote the colon. "chown tony: <files>" works just fine! >> > > Thanks for that Tony. The only reason I wrote it like that is that > that's how the tab completion finishes it off. Interesting! I just turned on bash smart completion and got the \:. I guess it's just being ultra safe! Think I'll leave this smart completion turned on from now on. It looks really useful. Thanks for the tip! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
