no problem (next time I'll reply privately -- slip of the fingers... :) Robby Quoting "Matt 'LEGO Guy' Jadud": > > But `echo' doesn't take anything on it's stdin! It takes it's argument > > and passes it to stdout. This works: > > > > Did I say it was probably something simple? I meant it was > probably something stupid... > > :) > > Thanks, > Matt