Frankly, it's just a quick question: in perl, is there a way of doing something like ${var:x:y}, x and y being numbers, the starting point and the lenght to be printed? andrej -- echo ${girl_name} > /etc/dumpdates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org