Ooops! On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:50:13 -0800, "Ross Thomas" <boscorama at fastmail.us> said: > > cat file_list | > while [read line] ; do That should read: cat file_list | while read line ; do Sorry for the confusion. Ross. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow