> Now, the * comes out just fine, however the ' symbols, marked as \140, > just don't come out correctly, in fact, they translate verbatim, as a > slash followed by 1, 4, and a 0. Try using the -e flag: echo -e "\140" -Jay -- To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@luci.org with "unsubscribe luci-discuss" in the body.