-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Janina Sajka's comments on Bash Problem were as follows: # for in $( ls); do # if [ "$i" != "incoming/" ]; then # echo $i # fi # done If I paste the above lines into a file exactly as written, I get syntax errors on line 1. If I change for in $( ls); do to for i in $( ls); do it works fine in my bash 3.0 both at the prompt and as a script. Lorenzo - -- "We decided that we should evaluate the Microsoft offerings first. Once we realised what a powerful set of tools they were, it became self-evident this was the right way to go down." Microsoft: the right way to go down -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCcUrzG9IpekrhBfIRAs1eAJoCUFq1PQM8PzX/IKqKE+dH8U3RnACdFp23 6SO2hiToiCRubqRztgWo/Zk= =QqY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----