Am 2006-01-05 23:04:16, schrieb Angshu Kar: > Also, my data file is showing some ^M chars like > > B1^M C1^M E1 > B2^M C2^M E2 If those ^M are coming from your data file, then you should use dos2unix <filename> and the problem is gone Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)