Quoth Chmouel Boudjnah on Tue, May 18, 1999: > [ "$PARAM" != "SOMETHING" ] || { > ;} I think that it's better to do: if [ "X$PARAM" != "XSOMETHING" ]; then ..... Or, if you check for an enpty string, if [ "X$PARAM" != "X" ]; then ..... Vadik. -- The ill-formed Orange Fails to satisfy the eye: Segmentation fault.