Hi Terry,

> I don't know why it didn't work before, I was concatenating a list
> containing 'mpg321' and the list containing my mp3 file references and
> getting the error about arg 2 only containing strings.  I then added
> the -l and -m arguments to the first list and it is now working.  Is a
> list with only one element somehow different?

No, and lists can also have zero items.

    >>> ['mpg321'] + [] + '-q -m'.split() + [] + [] + sorted('banana')
    ['mpg321', '-q', '-m', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'n', 'n']

> I have worked through a good deal of my 'Learning Python' book

Fair enough.

> Finally, I am now definitely in the old dog stage of life :-)

:-)  http://www.bournemouthu3a.org.uk/U3A2/lessons.php
Actually, that backgammon looks fun, but I don't think I'm old enough.

Cheers, Ralph.

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