Hi Pete, > Well, one common way to do this is to use the presence/absence of a prompt > string to distinguish between interactive and non-interactive shells. You > can check $prompt in csh/tcsh-type shells or $PS1 in sh/bash-type shells. > You could have the echo set up something like this: > if [ "$PS1" != "" ]; then echo "your string goes here" ; fi
Yes! This works great. I have solved the problem. Need to learn some bash scripting in the future. :) Thanks, David _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list