>>>>> "MvL" == Martin v Loewis <martin@v.loewis.de> writes: MvL> Right. That leaves it to /bin/sh. Yup. A bash bug? /bin/sh (aka bash) version 2.03.8 on RH6.1 vs. 2.05.1 on MD8.1. It isn't sed, which is at version 3.02 on both. Hmm, a bash bug? -Barry