>Why did you come to the conclusion that -i and $^I *don't* work? DOH! I stripped down my script to the bare minimum and it worked with $^I. Back to the drawing board to find out where I goofed in original script. Thanks. --Shawn ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch