Hi... > A () compound will still be executed in a subshell.. {} will execute in the current shell: > > while [ 1 ]; > do { > > command; > command; > > }; > done I am terribly sorry for this confusion and thank you for the correction. regards, Mulyadi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ