> perl -ne'$h{$_}|=2-@ARGV;END{print"\t"x($h{$_}-1),$_ for sort keys%h}' Damn, that's nice. I REALLY like $h{$_}|=2-@ARGV That's got some good potential for other applications. Thanks! -- Mike ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe