Folks; I need a few pointers on an appropriate way to do the following: I've two files, call them file1 & file2. formated as follows: text1, text2, .... textx [return] ie [ascii chr(13)] textxy, ..., textxx [return] (in other words a csv text file) and I need to take the coma's out and replace them with returns. (what I'd REALY like to do is combine them [textx1,texty1, return textx2,texty2, ... ect] but THAT"S gravy, I'd settle for just the biscuit right now. BTW each file is a copy of hundred K, and I've got to do this on a repetitive basis [one to two times a week. I USED to be able do just whip up a small program to do the job but; I'm woefully out of practice, so I'd be grateful for a cmd line EXAMPLE of how to do this. in appreciation Russell McGaha