Hi again again. A way better solution might be this:
OWNER=$(ls -l "$key" | sed 's/^[^[:space:]]\{10,12\}[[:space:]]\+[^[:space:]]\+[[:space:]]\+\([^[:space:]]\+\).*/\1/' It's more future proof than the original method, cause it only looks at space and non-space characters and at most counts them. So any change in output which does not change space/non-space pattern will not make sed notice the user. Greets, Raoul Bönisch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org