Ok, the attachted script is what I'm running. I don't understand why I get an error on line 20 in one mode but not the other. Can anyone explain whats up? christopher at seehow:~/bin$ ~/bin/harps harps>roll stuff This command is under construction stuff harps>exit christopher at seehow:~/bin$ ~/bin/harps roll stuff /home/christopher/bin/harps: line 20: [: roll: binary operator expected This command is under construction stuff christopher at seehow:~/bin$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: harps Type: application/x-shellscript Size: 1152 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060915/0ceeb7cf/attachment.bin