I need to write a script to replace '\'s with '/', but how can I get grep to accept '\' as a regular expression (it assumes it to be line continue character, at least from the sh prompt)? this is to port a windows program to linux. === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or ..... _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com