come on.. '>' is not a valid comparison operator. Use -gt instead and dont forget to read "man test". D Le dim 11/01/2004 à 16:55, Hans MÃller a Ãcrit : > if [ $Zeilen > 3 ]; then > echo "Update"; > else > echo "kein Update"; > fi -- Dams Nadà Anvil/Anvilou on irc.freenode.net : #Linux-Fr, #Fedora I am looking for a job : http://livna.org/~anvil/cv.php "Dona Nobis Pacem E Dona Eis Requiem". Noir.