note jeffa <code> perl -i.bak -pe 's/string1/string2/g' *.htm </code> This changes all occurrences of the literal string, 'string1' with 'string2' in all .htm files and makes backups at the same time. <font face="arial,geneva,sans-serif"> <p> jeffa </font> <!-- dear god this is my highest node yet . . . (well, fourth now ...) have to give thanks to davorg and his wonderful book, and to having to work on a Saturday (at the time, i was sans Internet connection at home) --> 100565 100565