> abcx > adex > afgx > ahix >The following does NOT seem to work: > /a[(bc)(de)(fg)(hi)]x/ /a(bc|de|fg|hi)x/ Inside [], most everything is taken literally, including your parens. -- Jamie McCarthy http://www.absence.prismatix.com/jamie/ jamie@voyager.net Co-Webmaster of http://www.nizkor.org/