note JSchmitz Solaris 8 same error - cool though<br> <br> <code> # perl -e'map\ > {map{print chr }/\d\ > {3}/gx }join q{},\ > split/\s/sx,q(0741171151\ > 16032097110111116104101\ > 114 032 080 10 1\ > 114 108 032 104 \ > 09 70 99 10\ > 7 1 0 1\ > 1 1 4 0\ > 4 4 ) ;' syntax error at -e line 3, near "}join" (Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on line 2) Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. # uname -a SunOS gort 5.8 Generic_108528-24 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R </code> 602295 603817