2009/12/15 Noor Mulla <Noor.Mulla@xxxxxx> > Everything is fine such that unrecoverablen (n is getting printed) > > > Please change it -- > > > Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a little miffed that a hosting company is using a free resource such as Oracle-L to make up for lack of training? Noor, have you opened up the man page for sed/awk/whatever? I would recommend a good shell book for you - my favorite is Kochan and Wood's "Unix Shell Programming" http://www.amazon.com/Shell-Programming-Stephen-Patrick-Kochan/dp/B001E3MOZG There are however many available that cover the use of shell and utilities. Please read one. If I am out of line here, please let me know and I will gladly apologize. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com