> But I'm curious. No one responded whether the following post works > for them. > > $ cat > nonsensical.bash > #!/bin/bash > > for I in {1..100} ; do echo "a" > /dev/null ; sleep 10 ; done > ^D > > $ chmod 755 nonsensical.bash > > $ ./nonsensical.bash & > [6] 12253 > > $ pkill nonsensical > [6]- Terminated ./nonsensical.bash > _______________________________________________ It WORKS for me! -- Name, Location: Steve Trapp, East of the Mississippi River. About Next Line: Replace (AT) and (DOT) with, well, you know what characters! Email address: stevetrapp(AT)comcast(DOT)net Homepage: comcast DROPPED ALL HOMEPAGES--Where do I put my PGP public key now?