Tom Rodman wrote: > ~ $ echo hi|egrep -v ho
WJFFM. Note that egrep is a /bin/sh script that just calls grep -E. So if your sh.exe was in use or something went wrong in the bash postinstall you may not have a functioning sh.exe. Try "grep -E" and if this works but egrep does not then check your sh.exe, it should be an identical copy of bash.exe. Worst cast, just "cp -p /bin/{bash,sh}.exe". Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/