On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:02 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > My mistake: > $ cd /proc |cat version > Linux version 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.PAE > (mockbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.4.4 20100503 > (Red Hat 4.4.4-2) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 09:42:24 UTC 2010 I still don't see how you're getting that to work. If you had ; instead of | between the commands, then I could see it working. $ cd /proc ;cat version Linux version 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 (mockbuild@) (gcc version 4.3.0 20080428 (Red Hat 4.3.0-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Jun 18 12:47:50 EDT 2009 But it still seems like far more messing around than's needed. If you want to read that file, simply do so. i.e. cat /proc/version I see no point in changing the current working directory to /proc. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines