Hi, Pico should be on the local machine, it is _very_ easy to operate, use it until you get a taste for something a bit more meaty. Use the following syntax to run: pico /path/file When finished editing do ctrl+x, answer y to save the buffer to the file, press then enter to accept the file name, and you then should be out of pico back to the shell. Andrew. -- Andrew Hodgson, Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK. Email: Andrew at hodgsonfamily.org