Suppose I have a script "generateReport.pl" that takes in a date as argument and prints to STDOUT. e.g. [unix prompt]$ generateReport.pl 19980304 Is it possbile to run this script on a mac without modifying it? Basically I'm writing scripts for unix, but need to code or test them on my mac. Thanks in advance. Xah xah@best.com http://www.best.com/~xah/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/specialPlaneCurves.html Me: "There are more than one way to do it." Her: <grin> ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch