On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:22:12PM -0800, Bevan C. Bennett wrote: > I can't reproduce your results locally, but I have a suspicion. > > Try testing with: > #!/bin/bash --norc --noprofile > /bin/echo Hello world > > to disable reading the various profile and login scripts. Ah-ha. That did it. Works just fine without sourcing the setup scripts. I still don't know exactly what was causing the error, but it only seems to happen whenever my .bashrc is executed than once. Since my .bashrc `source's about twenty other software configuration scripts, I'm guessing one of them goes a little wonky when they're executed twice in the same session. Moving configuration scripts to .bash_profile: problem goes away. Thanks all! Another mystery solved. -- Matt Matthew Zimmerman Interdisciplinary Biophysics, University of Virginia http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mdz4c/ ---------------------------------------------------- Lab: 4-223 Jordan Hall, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (434)924-2948 Home: 2655-C Barracks Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 (434)244-7989