nidhog wrote: >it will show on ps and on your .bash_history One of the reasons I don't use bash. I prefer tcsh. -- ir. J.C.A. Wevers // Physics and science fiction site: johanw at vulcan.xs4all.nl // http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/index.html PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html