JP> There's a good tool for this, it's called "perl". JP> Seriously, if all you need is regex search-and-replace with simple JP> wildcarding, running a Perl one-liner from a decent command-line JP> environment should do the trick. Check out Replacing Text in Multiple Files with Perl http://www.evolt.org/article/Replacing_Text_in_Multiple_Files_with_Perl/17/360/ ------ Andrew http://4serendipity.com