Andreas Schwab wrote:
{ $prog 2>&1 >&3 | grep -v "$RE_filt" >&2; } 3>&1 Andreas.
Closer to my last failed case: ( echo -n >&3 $($prog >&3 2>&1 | grep -Pv "$re" >&2 ) ) 3>&1 Had tried not putting $prog in $(), but bash didn't like the parens... At that point figured it was probably solved and asked onlist... Thanks for the added input! -l