Quoting kvaughan@bc.cc.ca.us (kvaughan@bc.cc.ca.us): > All of them have this control character (^M) at the end of each line, as > seen in vi (which I know v. little about except very basic I/O). These need > to be removed before the files can be compiled. perl -pi -e 's/\r//' *.txt (or *.whatever) Mike Stone