i'm using a command wget for getting a testfile from a server. it writes a output: --09:00:49-- http://www......:80/testfile.tst => `testfile.tst' Connecting to www........:80... connected! HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1,123,328 [application/octet-stream] 0K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 4%] 50K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 9%] 100K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 13%] 150K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 18%] 200K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 22%] 250K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 27%] 300K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 31%] 350K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 36%] 400K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 41%] 450K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 45%] 500K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 50%] 550K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 54%] 600K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 59%] 650K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 63%] 700K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 68%] 750K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 72%] 800K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 77%] 850K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 82%] 900K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 86%] 950K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 91%] 1000K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 95%] 1050K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... ....... [100%] 09:00:57 (182.83 KB/s) - `testfile.tst' saved [1123328/1123328] i want write out to a doc file or txt file todays date , start time (09:00:49) , end time (09:00:57) and avg download rate (182.83 KB/s) if i run it it the next time it need to be append to the file thank you for helping or giving examples Jimmy