perlbug, Any idea if this is a bug, or a feature? : bash-2.03$ perl -e '$r = q~\\~; print $r,"\n";' \ The Variable $r is set to the string '\\' using the non interpolating quotes q~~. However, partial interpolation occurs, but only on the character sequence '\\'. bash-2.03$ perl -v This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris Regards, Christian WernerThread Next