On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:43:16 -0500, Gustavo Zamorano S. wrote / a écrit: > printtool 2>&1 | sed 's/^/printtool: /g' & > netscape 2>&1 | sed 's/^/netscape: /g' & > gimp 2>&1 | sed 's/^/gimp: /g' & > > 2>&1 means to redirect the standard error output to the standard output > ( Device 2 to device 1). very interesting for me, thanks. GuyCLO~ ----------------------------------------------- #219055 http://counter.li.org ----------------------------------------------- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/index.html -----------------------------------------------