Thanks for some pretty good answers - Using Posix op by Scot is the shortest! On 21 April 2010 15:49, Dunbar, Norman < norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Howard, > > pipe your output from "df" through the following: > > awk '{if (NF==1) {hold=$1; getline; print hold, $0} else print > $0}' > > It works for me here on HPUX with the output from "bdf" - where it > always puts the logical volume name on a line by itself followed by the > remainder, if the LV name is too long. > > Cheers, > Norman. > > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have > checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still > check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and > any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, > Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent > to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone > other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent > you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions > which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the > Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. > > We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should > still check any attachment before opening it. > We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to > under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. > Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency > address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, > for business purposes. > > If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our > terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find > out more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > -- Howard A. Latham