On Monday 11 September 2006 02:51, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > This book will getyou started [it's a free download] And here is another: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Despite being called "Advanced Bash Scripting" it starts by assuming you know nothing, and goes on from there to teach bash scripting in great detail. Might help you in future. Mark