echo "Go to stderr please" >&2 echo "Stay in standout" shoud cut it. replace echo with whatever command you have in your mind. Jerry Yu mailto: z.yu at ptek.com Systems Engineer https://punch/~zyu PTEK Holdings, Inc. +1-404-262-8544 (O) -- To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.