Subj : Re: Output of 'top' To : comp.os.linux From : JV Date : Wed Sep 08 2004 10:24 am "pk" wrote in message news:320c0c2b.0409020815.784d5767@posting.google.com... > This is fine and what I want. But it only happens like that, if I > start my script from the command-line - if I start it as a cron-job > (which I want to do), there is just the > "/usr/bin/perl -w" > remaining. > Why? - And: do you have any hints, how I can get the whole > command-line? yeah make sure at the top of the script file is this line #!/usr/bin/perl -w then change the file to executable by "/# chmod +x " then just type the file name at the command prompt like so "./" basic shell programming technique there.... : P HTH JV .