I know I'm missing something here, but this code just looks to me like I shloud be doing it a better way..
Any ideas? # -N print "Number of Hosts? "; # get user input and strip off "CR-LF" chomp($n=<>); $intel_num_hosts = join (" ", "-N",$n); # if user did not enter a value, dont put the "-N" in if ($n eq ""){ $intel_num_hosts = ""} # -n print "Number of processes? "; chomp($n=<>); $intel_num_procs = join (" ", "-n",$n); if ($n eq ""){ $intel_num_procs = ""} Thanks Denis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]