On 23May2007 20:22, Luciano Rocha <strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | if echo | md5sum &> /dev/null; then "&>" is not portable. It's a bastard import into bash from csh:-( Just go ">/dev/null 2>&1". Portable and just as readable. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmoon