In a brief discussion with a coworker today the question of formatting shell scripts came up. I believed that in the past the preferred format (if there ever were any such thing) was if [ test ] then statements else statements fi I can find nothing specific to back this up. More appropriate for COFF maybe would be a discussion of what format is better if [ test ]; then statements else statements fi or the above. No intention to start any kind of flame war about which is better, just want to see if there is any historical option for one over the other. David