Hi Ramon, i think, LC_ALL set all lovale variables, but I#m not sure of this. I found this by playing around.
Maybe some bash guru can give us a explnation or a hint to teh documentation ;-) Greetings from Munich Hellmut > I don't understand why, but IT WORKS. In fact > LC_ALL="pt_PT" > works correctly too. -- Dr. Hellmut Weber Degenfeldstraße 2, D - 80803 München-Schwabing tel (+49 89) 3081172, mobil (+49 172) 8450321 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------