haami, Believe it or not, I was just speaking with one of my coworkers regarding this, and THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID -- "Let's Try egrep". So I ran a quick 'man' on egrep, read through it, and fired up sajha.com to add that proposal to the list -- and there you are, speaking the same word -- Way to go !!! I'm gonna hit the bash with egrep and see if it brings some sweet fruit ! Thanks, ~@~