On 3.0.2 (under at least IRIX and Linux) commands like print -P "%l" fail mysteriously with %l: could not read. print -P consistently hangs my copy of 3.1.1, too. Anyone else see this? Is there a fix? TIA. -- _ ____ Joe Fouche (jf@ugcs.caltech.edu) ___| |--- Deranged College Student