On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 17:02, NONE NONE wrote: > Now, I must be an idiot because the script doesn't work (though now the commands themselves, pasted individually, do!). > groupadd grade1 > > + groupadd $'grade1\r' > is a not a valid group name What did you use to edit the script? That doesn't look like plain text. -- Les Mikesell les at futuresource.com