Hi, Cheryl, If nfbtrans writes its output to standard-out, try this. for i in *.brf do nfbtrans $i > $(basename $i brf)txt done HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Sorry; I've been replying to the wrong message and my nfbtrans comments > were going out as "continuous beep" comments. > Must be time to quit!!! > so here's the latest under the right subject heading. > >