I am extemely new to unix. I have a task that I need to complete and it involves interpreting a script. The code is absolutely foreign to me. I have done some research on the net but nothing that help's 100%. I have an example that I can give. If anyone can tell me what this code is saying, that would be great. echo " " >> $LOGFILE echo "Creating example.parm for later use on `date`" >> $LOGFILE $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -s $DBA_OWNER @$PR_CUSTOM_DIR/example if find $HRDATDIR/example.parm | xargs grep -i "STOP" then for MAILEE in `cat $MAILUSERS` do /usr/ucb/Mail -s "$SUBJECT" $MAILEE < $MESSAGE done exit fi

echo " " >> $LOGFILE echo "Creating example.parm for later use on `date`" >> $LOGFILE *logging the comment in quote to the log directory $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -s $DBA_OWNER @$PR_CUSTOM_DIR/example * logging to an oracle database as the database owner if find $HRDATDIR/example.parm | xargs grep -i "STOP" then * searching for the example param for MAILEE in `cat $MAILUSERS` do /usr/ucb/Mail -s "$SUBJECT" $MAILEE < $MESSAGE done exit fi *mail the contents of the message to the list of people in the file. hope this helps, Fukare