On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:27:00 -0800 (PST) Phil Nelson wrote: > the \n in that string is ignored by ksh and it appears on one > line. (at least it did for me.) Works here (NetBSD 1.3I/i386). I think I'm using the /bin/ksh that ships with NetBSD; anyrate I have "PD KSH v5.2.12 96/10/29". Regards, Giles