On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 07:23:06PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote: > + if [ -n "$argslist" ]; then > + printf "%s\n" "$argslist" | tr ';' '\n' > + else > + cat /etc/ifconfig.$int > + fi | \ While printf is a shell builtin, tr is not. It is not even in root. Joerg