Start with fopen() - http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Then use fread() - http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php There's many user-contributed comments that should be of use. The docs are also quite helpful. -M > Hi there.. I have a text file where I need to remove JUST the > first character in the text file. Can anyone point me to a tutorial? > > d > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php