>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> while `/bin/true`; Uh, what? Execute /bin/true, take its output if its output is non-null, continue. Last I checked, /bin/true outputs nothing. :) Maybe you wanted: while true; do; ...; done Or more commonly: while :; do ... done because the ":" command is true. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>