-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There's some good stuff here if you like to know about the innere workings of programs/languages such as bash. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/ BTW, I haven't bailed on the pointer thread. I'll be back in about a day. Hint: I'm thinking operator _binding_priority_, and order of execution are essential to understanding this stuff. But that really should go with the other thread. STH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASKPgwX61+IL0QsMRAvd8AKDVX7p+db1unfweq/JLVBd6wajtWQCg7Ny1 Y2mgcbRWf/oLdUORp/kvYVk= =0sbw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----