Try this: 1. Save this one line shell script into a file called foo.sh: # sleep 200 # 2. $ chmod 755 foo.sh 3. $ ./foo.sh 4. In another terminal: $ ps -e | grep '*foo.sh*' Why doesn't the process show up? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list