Neal Wilkinson wrote: > What does this mean when trying to run a shell script? Depends on the shell script : it could be the script complaining, or one of the programs it runs. What does echo $TERM return? What happens if you try TERM=linux shellscript TERM=vt100 shellscript TERM=xterm shellscript (where shell script is the name of the ... oh, you work it out.) Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | I must refute the rumour that one of our team members @westexe.demon.co.uk | walks on water. Although it's true that Barry Cryer | runs on lager... | -- "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue", BBC Radio 4