> echo <all the URLS here> | xargs -n 1 wget Fine until the first URL with white space in it (if that's possible), at which point xargs will bomb out spectecularly. I find that too dangerous.
> Having said that, unless it is something that fits on one line, Don't use > bash, csh, ksh, or any sh for that matter. Use a decent scripting language > like Ruby/python/perl. Ruby is my preference. While there is a point where any shell scripting becomes inferior to scripting in a "larger" language, the point is further than a single line, IMHO. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
