Might work - but pointless. Kung_foo gives one easy way to do this. Here's another: perl -pi -e 's/r/n/g' macintoshfile.txt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This simple command is explained, and expounded upon at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20001206164827794 . . . . . . Five dollars for this program is a disgrace