<<On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:08:51 -0800, Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com> said: > Why is this better than > tail -f file1& > tail -f file2 ITYM: oldflags="$(stty -g)" stty -tostop tail -f file 1 & tail -f file2 stty ${oldflags} -GAWollman