On May 27, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Eugene wrote: > Of course there are easier ways to do it in other scripting languages, > because you can avoid some/most problems with "quoting hell".... Or simply drag a file into Terminal, or, since 10.4, copy a file and paste into Terminal. Kirk Author of: The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France