On 01/11/09 02:54, Joachim Backes wrote: > cat /home/bobg/usg.txt | tr "\n" " " [bobg at box9 ~]$ cat /home/bobg/usg.txt | tr "\n" " " 35 % 6.0 17.0 8 % 0.4 5.0 That's the best solution yet. Not sure what it's doing but will look at the man page again when I am fully awake. Thanks. Bob