On Saturday 21 February 2004 10:22, David Faure wrote: > + if echo "$file" | grep -v "~$" | grep -v "\.bak$" >/dev/null > 2>/dev/null; then grep -vE or egrep -v :) Marc -- Saddam's shoes left up there [...] big shoes to fill for anyone [...] -- Nic Robertson, CNN, on toppling of Saddam Hussein stature in Paradise Square, Baghdad