On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i understand that that's not indicated on the man page. on the > > other hand, is there any reason that it *wasn't* done that way? > You need some reason to type: > sed -e 's/\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\)/\7:\1/' you are a truly sick person, and should seek help. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================