Thank You to all who responded to my posting and noticed that I had typed s/:^// instead of s/:$//. I should of checked my typing closer, it was a typo, I was beening hurried that morning by my wife to go Christmas shopping (will it never end). I went back to my orginal script and verified that what I had typed was correct, it was. I still get the error #002 when I use the script. May be I'm missing something? Again thanks for the Help. Doug Spore