I wanted to extract my system's IP address only and came up with: ifconfig rl0 | grep "\<inet\>" | cut -d " " -f 2 Is there a more direct way to do this? And a second question: How can I customize my crontab's subject line? jd -- Janos Dohanics 3D RESEARCH 20120 Rt. 19, Ste. 105-274 Cranberry Twp., PA 16066 (724)-776-7384 http://www.3dresearch.com/