Thanks Geoff for the tip on catching both kinds of output with a single redirection. And while I don't mind programs printing their help messages to the screen when its less than one screen, redirecting that to a file is a necessity for programs with lots of options. -- Sincerely, Jeffery Wright Bachelor of Computer Science President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list