echo A | cut -d' ' -f 2 yeilds: A Where as: echo A B | cut -d' ' -f 3 yeilds: (nothing) Go figure. -- Peter Nann Systems Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Syrinx Speech Systems Australia www.syrinx.com.au Phone:+61 [0]2 9925-0477 Fax:+61 [0]2 9925-0761 Level 8, 132 Arthur St, North Sydney, NSW, 2060, Australia -------- "The most productive technologies are those that disappear. They wear themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." - The late Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC.
