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> Not sure I quite understand what you are trying to accomplish, but... > You could just execute the command from within vi ie, :!<command>. yes that would work too..but its a developed habit....years of using VI.. BTW thanks to everybody..I also found the following TERM setting that would make this work in VI as well as LESS (in xterminal windows): xterm1 just found the following /etc/termcap entry: xterm1|xterm terminal emulator ignoring the alternate screen buffer:\ :te@:ti@:\ :tc=xterm: thanks... JondZ ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug