When you get nothing, do: echo $? If it gives you a zero, it means there were no differences. Luke On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Okay, the program i was thinking of was diff, but I haven't got "diff" working right because when i put in the two files I just got the command line prompt and no info. > But I found it anyway!!! > You have to be sure to say "y" to "INPUT_MISC" or you'll never see 'INPUT_PCSPKR". SAY Y IF YOU WANT THOSE CONSOLE BEEPS! > > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >