Hi, I wrote: > - irx = "^. *[0-9]+. "; > + irx = "^\[ *[0-9]+[ ]+[0-9]+\] "; Brackets around the space in the middle are unnecessary. Use + irx = "^\[ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+\] "; instead. Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research