Does anyone know why there are 2 fgrep's on the unix-pc? -rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 4312 Jan 1 1970 /bin/fgrep -rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 4300 Aug 13 1987 /usr/bin/fgrep My guess would be that /usr/bin/fgrep came with 3.51 and it was installed in the wrong place. Dave Lampe {ihnp4 | ames | lll-tis}!ptsfa!pacbell!dplace!djl (415) 455-1571