Hi pete,
but now every time i open an terminal i get the following
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
Interesting thing if i callup an xterm and su to root the call another xterm from there i do not get the warning on as a user
Finding the minimum needed to re-create the problem would be useful. Run you shell as a login shell from an existing one to see if it triggers the problem. Assuming it's bash(1): $ echo $$ 5696 $ echo $SHELL /bin/bash $ bash -l → $ echo $$ → 26416 → $ exit → logout $ echo $$ 5696 $ The ‘→’ lines are the new shell. Does doing similar give you the daft egrep warning? If so, do starting a new shell without it being a login shell, i.e. drop the ‘-l’? -- Cheers, Ralph.