On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:30:08PM +0100, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:01:22AM -0500, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > > > > You could always take advantage of grep: > > > > `ls ~/mail | grep -v '^sent'` > > I thought of that but I need all the info on one line, hence the echo.
Well, how about echo `ls ~/mail | grep -v '^sent'` then? $SOMEVAR=`ls ~/mail | grep -v '^sent'` works, too, and you can do with $SOMEVAR whatever you like, then. Cheerio, Thomas -- NEWSFLASH: http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list