>>>>> "S" == Stephen Masterman <floyd@animals.mit.edu> writes: >> grep -v named /var/adm/daemon.log | grep -v smtpd S> It seems silly to have to run grep a separate time for each string S> I wish to exclude, can someone tell me how to combine the strings S> in the manner that I desire? How about egrep -v "named|smtpd" /var/adm/daemon.log (I can't check the man pages right now to be sure, but you get the idea...) -- Rob