I am obviously missing something basic here but can someone explain to me what is wrong with the first statement, which returns nothing? $ history | grep ^su $ history | grep su 2997 su -l 3024 su -l 3050 su -l 3054 su -l Thanks, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos