MARG wrote: > Following my previous question ("Subject: cutting"), how can i: > > 1) Detect if the file filname being stripped is missing in the > filesystem, and accordingly, abort the script with an error; if [ ! -f "$file" ] ; then echo "file '$file' not found" >&2 exit 1 fi > 2) How can i change directories inside a bash script ("cd" doesn't works). A process can only change its own working directory; you cannot change the working directory of another process. E.g. a script cannot change the working directory of its parent (the process from which the script was run). -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html