-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Remove the parentheses and move the ! into the brackets. if [ ! -r filename ] HTH, Lorenzo - -- Q: What do you call a blind, deaf-mute, quadraplegic Virginian? A: Trustworthy. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEODxeG9IpekrhBfIRAmaCAKDH9/RLjBoJoX+MKz+Sd3jLQcREPQCeJbXe Z+FDmehsyPyMJEYbesK5/w0= =MqcP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----