Hi List, `cut` was more flexible in pre5 as in cvs from today. See, what I mean: pre5: ----- # echo "abc = 123" | cut -f2 -d "=" 123 CVS from today: --------------- # echo "abc = 123" | cut -f2 -d "=" cut: only one type of list may be specified BTW. I use a shell script, to parse a config file. This doesn't work anymore. :-( Alfred