Well, actually what I do is copy the command from a text file containing all my frequently used commands, and then paste it onto the terminal. This may seem simple enough to people like U but it might not be so for the majority of the people out there. Many of U may not agree with me on this, but the reason why Mac OSX and Windoze are popular is that they have a good GUI, and there're many good reasons why people prefer the GUI to the command line. Tony Nelson wrote: > > >For most users the GUI would be the only way at all, but as for you, why >not put that very long command into a small script and save it for next >time? >____________________________________________________________________ >TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> > > >