note Anonymous Monk That works for <code> /tmp/>echo "hello world\n" | myscript </code> and now called on its own doesn't hang <code> /tmp/>myscript </code> but there again its not clear how a usage message could be printed out. <p> But it now fails when passed a filename <code> /tmp/>cat x October 2011 S M Tu W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 /tmp/myscript x </code> it doesn't print the contents of the file :-( Isn't there a simpler solution? I thought that this would have a simple, forehead slapping, solution. 929359 929360 9