This very nearly qualifies as an easter egg. Inspect the following: perl -e 'close STDIN; open STDIN, "<", \$x; print <>' Guess what it does. Run it. See if you were right. Bugworthy? I don't know; maybe, that's why I mention it here. But it had some entertainment value for me today. -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www.perldebugged.com/Thread Next