Hey Sean!

That one wasn't supposed to go as I meant to delete it and replace with this;

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#!/bin/bash
OUTBOUND=$HOME/janis/out/01050026.clo
if [ -e $OUTBOUND ] ; then
   for pkt in `cat $OUTBOUND | cut -f2 -d "^"` ; do
      echo "Outbound pkts for bossnode:"
      ls -al $pkt
   done
else
   echo "No pkt's for bossnode :-("
fi
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However once I did edit the script it reported;

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tothings:~$ outbound.sh
Outbound pkts for bossnode:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tothings tothings 972 Jul 16 23:47 /home/tothings/janis/out/bad04200.pkt
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which was what I wanted to happen in the first place.  This one will be good.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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