Geoffrey wrote: > That won't work, that's why I used the '-o' syntax in an earlier post. > You can do it this way: > > if [ -f foo ] || [ -f bar ].... > > But that's more typing.. :) Just tested the following in bash, which was originally a ksh construct: if [[ -f foo || -f bar ]]; then .... And it works in bash as well. -- Until later, Geoffrey