Hey Jean-Michel, Good to hear from you! The devil is in the details. > Maybe a s/Â / / somewhere along the line is what's _really_ needed :-) I'm all for this kind of solution. However, I suggest you change it to the following regex or it will not work in Chris' example: s/Â//g; -Wm -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com