A space, I suppose. I only know how to do this with awk, which is something you might consider. On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Mike Keithley wrote: > Hi list > > I am trying to write a command to return free disk space so I can use it > in a script. My most recent attempt is > > df `pwd` | grep "/" | cut -f4 > > Now this returns the entire line from df like: > > /dev/sdb2 8609476 3522184 4999820 42% / > > What delimiter in cut do I need to pick off field 4? > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- In memory of The Man In Black. His music will live forever!