Manoj Alex wrote: > Hi, > > I used to send mail to all users by using the following command and it was > working fine; > > mail -s "subject" `cut -f1 -d:/etc/passwd`<filename > when I try cut -f1 -d:/etc/passwd from the command line I get an error about the delimiter needing to be a single character. If this is not a typo try cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd Otherwise some more information about the error might be in order Bret -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.