hostA>ls SUNWjass VRTS VRTSicsco VRTSvcs emc SUNWmlib VRTSalloc VRTSjre VRTSvlic VRTSvxvm
hostA>ls | perl -en 'print if /SUNW/' return nothing , while hostA>ls | perl -ne 'print if /SUNW/' SUNWits SUNWjass SUNWmlib SUNWrtvc so why the order of -n -e switch make the differience? this is perl 5.8.4. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/