DM> > IW> instance if I do a dpkg --help | less then less doesn't seem DM> into DM> try DM> dpkg --help |& less DM> for tcsh And if I'm using bash? Sorry I can't try it out as I'm not in Linux at the moment. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: ianw@cyber.net.pk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .