Package: gzip Version: 1.2.4-11 Here is an example: marin10# /usr/bin/zgrep -B 10 -i Spread /var/lib/dpkg/Packages.gz Spread.gz: No such file or directory Saying 'zcat /var/lib/dpkg/Packages.gz | grep -B 10 -i Spread' works, of course. Yves. -- Yves Arrouye Email: Yves.Arrouye@marin.fdn.fr 7, avenue Leon Bollee Web: http://www.fdn.fr/~yarrouye/ 75013 Paris Work: +33 45 95 64 59 France Home: +33 53 61 09 55