On 2006-09-22, at 18:54:50, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote: > Perhaps I may use something like: > do shell script "perl -e '$_ = shift; print'" & space & quoted form > of the_text & space & "| ..." Hi Nobumi, With perl, watch for semicolons to end a statement: do shell script "perl -e '$_ = shift; print; Philip Aker [log in to unmask]