Mod can this get wastelanded.... I asked a problem that I figured out so this thread is no longer needed. Thanks
Haha I think i got it man unix is both fun and frustrating to learn lol Sorry to have to ask you guys
There is a wonderful book "The Art of Unix Programming" which explains very well, in the early chapters, what Unix is about. It's an elegantly simple, atomic system - as opposed to say, shudder, the nightmare that J2EE is. I am often perplexed by the problems I encounter in Unix, but I'm always delighted by the solutions.