Hmmm... On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:00:46 -0600 (MDT), Brian wrote: [snip] > But this is not working on my home linux box. > irc -d nickname irc.network.net | sed -f scriptfile > > this works fine on my shell accounts, > but on my home machine, I get no braille output. > Maybe the output is going to the screen, > but I need it to come out /dev/ttyS0 like everything else. irc -d nickname irc.network.net | sed -f scriptfile > /dev/ttyS0 ? Maybe I forgot a sign here or there ? A better question would be: is your Braille terminal attached to /dev/ttyS0? Or is it attached to something else? On the other hand, you might want to check where your sed is sending data to: "stdout" (standard screen, probably) or /dev/ttyS0. Sorry I can't help you more than this! -- Gil Andre gandre@arkeia.com Technical Writer Arkeia Corp. http://www.arkeia.com