Morn guys... The following works as a test ssh to fire off a remote cmd. However it waits for the cmd to complete befor returning. I'm looking to run th cmd as a background on the local/calling instance. Ultimaely, I'll be testing this from py/php scripts. ssh -t user1@67.205.151.05 'cat /cloud/hash2.dat | wc -l' -would the following work? ssh -t user1@67.205.151.05 'cat /cloud/hash2.dat | wc -l' & Im not sure if the "&" would be applied to the remote or local side for the ssh. And yeah, I know I could run a few tests... but I thought I'd get the opinion of some of you guys as well...!! Thanks _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx