(entering this thread rather late... but still responding to the original message!) virtanen wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > Try: > > > > $ for file in *.doc; do mswordview $file > ${file%.doc}.html; done I certainly did... You've got some good answers already, so I won't give you another. Instead, in the whole 'teach a man to fish' spirit, I give you: http://www.oase-shareware.org/shell/links/ Enjoy! Matthew