Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes: So the full command would look something like: $MCR NCP SHOW KNOWN NODES TO FOOBAR $EDIT/TECO FOOBAR.LIST <FS($(<a>$FS)$</a>)$;> [...something to quit TECO goes here...] How do I exit TECO? EX$$ Also, if you need to put this into a script to do repeated edits of this nature, you can put the TECo commands into the logical TEC$INIT. Getting the ESCAPE into a logical string is left as an exercise for the original poster. ;) -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.