Obviously the script works better like this: vi: #!/bin/sh echo "Do you want to use ${EDITOR} instead of vi? y/n" read edit if [ "$edit" = "y" -o "$edit" = "Y" ]; then exec $EDITOR $1 else exec vi $1 fi -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Birger Langkjer http://members.xoom.com/langkjer