On Friday 25 October 2002 3:54 am, Tasha Smith wrote: > INET_IP=`ifconfig eth0 |grep "inet addr"|awk -F : '{ print $2 }'|cut -d \ > -f 1`; > > "That lines casues this error:" > > cut: the delimeter must be a single character > Try `cut --help' for more information. What character are you trying to use for a delimiter ? Presumably space.... Try pputting single quotes around a space instead of predecing it with a backslash. Antony. -- If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.