uOn Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Kerry Hoath wrote: > To make a command show usage and page the result do this: > ls --help 2>&1|less > the 2>&1 redirects standard error to standard output so you can page the result > through a pager. Hmm, have never needed the 2>&1, don't know what I'll be missing then. *grin* Cheers. -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808
