Ok it was my fault :) It appears to be the sequence I use to set the title of my xterm, I guess it is grabbing it from my .profile when it tries to execute a command.
Thanks :) ----------------------------------------- Craig Moynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Craig Moynes/Markham/IB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] M@IBMCA cc: Subject: String with no contents and length of 21 05/14/02 03:30 PM Please respond to Craig Moynes Somehow I got myself into a pickle. I have a string being set by a command that is executing (and the command is failing). I strip out the newline characters. The length is returned as 21, when split into an array the size is 21. Yet when I try: print "!$returned!\n"; I get returned: !! Any ideas ? ----------------------------------------- Craig Moynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]