Mike Keithley staggered into view and mumbled: > >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? Have you considered using `awk' instead? The following may do what you want: df . | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}' I hope this helps. Have a _great_ day! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. TAN (x) = SIN (x) / COS (x)