Umm, C-c C-c doesn't do the same thing as C-d C-d in emacs. End result is I messed up the last message I send to bugtraq. This is the ps line you need to extract the proc address from a ps listing. ps -lfp $$ | tail -1 | cut -c37-44 I used -c instead of -f on the cut because I've seen the fields in system v ps get scrunched together. Leaveing no white space for cut to break the columns out with. johno - John Orthoefer | The options described above interact with each <jco@bbn.com> | other in strange and as yet to be defined ways. 617-873-6188 | -- BUGS section of the pr man page