perlquestion krusty The following works perfectly well to give me a list of all files in UNIX<BR><BR>Execute from command line as "> script.pl *"<BR> <CODE>#!/usr/bin/perl -w foreach (@ARGV){ print; } </CODE><BR>This prints out<CODE> doc1.tmp doc2.tmp doc3.tmp </CODE><BR>but in windows<BR><CODE> * </CODE><BR> How should I be executing the script in windows XP cmd.exe with the wildcard? <BR><BR><BR> Thanks!<BR> Kristina<BR><BR> <b>Update:</b> It worked like a charm. Thanks for your fast response Tanktalus and BrowserUk.