Thanks to Lord Kahless and Keith Bostic for directly answering my request. The consensus was that 4.X BSD script(1) does it. Fortunately, we have it here. That's what happens when I don't read my UNIX manuals. :-) -- Dennis Bednar Computer Consoles Inc. Reston VA 703-648-3300 {decvax,ihnp4,harpo,allegra}!seismo!rlgvax!dennis