On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 02:17:52AM -0500, Christopher Howard wrote: > Well, I tried the [ -z $# ], and the script stopped funtioning the > other way around. $# is numeric, so check it like: if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then ... -- trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA 36F5 Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota