I'm trying to clarify my own question: What is the easiest way in bash to find if eth0 is up? Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> <www.campbell-lange.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org