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Old 09-17-2010
That works perfectly!!!!! Thanks. I had been exploring functions but had not quite got the hang of them. I will have fun going back and looking through my unix books and defining the code for myself. That way I can see line by line exactly what is happening. i understand most of it I just want to expand my understanding of the syntax. Thanks again for your help and I am glad my little problem gave your mind something to play with. It is usually easy to solve problems when you have no restrictions, but with you restrict what you have to work with it can inspire creative solutions.
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rbash

RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

NAME

       rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)

RESTRICTED SHELL

       If  bash  is  started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted.  A restricted shell is
       used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell.  It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the  follow-
       ing are disallowed or not performed:

       o      changing directories with cd

       o      setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV

       o      specifying command names containing /

       o      specifying a filename containing a / as an argument to the .  builtin command

       o      specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command

       o      importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup

       o      parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup

       o      redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators

       o      using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command

       o      adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command

       o      using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins

       o      specifying the -p option to the command builtin command

       o      turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted.

       These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.

       When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script.

SEE ALSO

       bash(1)

GNU Bash-4.0							    2004 Apr 20 							  RBASH(1)