>cp //"'..'" /tmp/file.txt >and/or cat //"'..'" > /tmp/file.txt
Before posting my question, I ran a LISTC with OFILE, verified it is VBA-140, then did cat '//TEMP.LISTCOUT' > temp.listcout I'm baffled that I don't see the ASA char when doing a cat temp.listcout afterwards. anyway, I don't see ans lines concatenated as you described. Can't explain right now, neither your problem nor mine. Will have to think about it a bit more. -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE AG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

