On 2006-09-22, at 20:33:00, Philip Aker wrote: > 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; But maybe that's not it. Perhaps you have '\r' in you files? If so then maybe you'll have to convert them to '\n'. Also 'echo -n' will not insert the extra newline on output. Philip Aker [log in to unmask]