John Pearson wrote: > This is a conventional alias for 'test'. As in, > $ if [ -e /usr/bin/[ ] ; \ > then echo [ is present in /usr/bin; \ > else \ > echo [ is missing - your system is a little hosed, dude. ;\ > fi I didn't know that [ was a command. I thought it was part of the script's syntax. (hmm.. what an enlightenment...) Oki