[Lotsa editing...] > $ perl -le"map/^a*.z*$/&&print,aaaa..zzzz > > That is the desired output. > > $ perl -le"map/^a*.z*$/&print,aaaa..zzzz > is >functionally equivalent to: > > perl -le'map print,aaaa..zzzz' > > and does not produce the desired output. Is there any reason why no-one has suggested perl -le"print reverse$_ for aaaa..zzzz which seems simpler? Roman Stawski : ADPgsi - Employer Services - Southern Europe Tel: (33)(0) 1 5563 4216 Fax: (33)(0) 1 5563 5521 ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe