note kcott <p> I now have some inkling of what the problem might be. I suspect you're missing some very fundamental knowledge. Don't panic about this: none of us was born with this information and you just haven't learned it yet. I can probably take you through this <em>step-by-step</em> but first I'll need some information. Please type </p> <code> perl -v </code> <p> at your command prompt and then post the full output (within <c><code>...</code></c> tags). Here's an example from my system (my command prompt is "<c>$ </c>" - you don't type this): </p> <code> $ perl -v This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for darwin-thread-multi-2level Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. </code> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-861371"> <p>-- Ken</p> </div></div> 1002755 1002872