how do I match a 'tab-return' character. In the unix world, I've been doing this by telling perl to look for '\003' like $text =~ s/\003/HI/g; I have a file with embedded tab-return characters that I want to translate. Other stuff works fine like '\015' for returns and '\030' for spaces but for some reason it just skips over the '\003'. is there a macperl equilvalent or does this have more to do with the mac environment? thanks Mark -- Its reassuring to know that if you behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for you. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch