Subj : Outbound Report To : Sean Rima From : mark lewis Date : Mon Jun 29 2020 10:18:49 Re: Outbound Report By: mark lewis to Sean Rima on Sun Jun 28 2020 21:33:51 SR>> I am using 18.x on the fiodnet PC and 20.x on the laptop and both SR>> gave the same error ml> interesting... i'll post you a little test script later... i'd like ml> to see the output of it, please... i gotta write it first, though ;) ok, i think i figured out the problem... please try this script and post back the output... ----->8 snip 8<----- #!/bin/bash printf "\n" printf "%s\n" "$(bash --version | egrep -e 'bash')" printf "%s\n" "$(uname -a)" printf "\n" printf "test1 - replace \"^..\" with \"myNewPath\"\n" testvar="^../SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test1 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test1 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'^..'/myNewPath}" printf "\n" printf "test2 - strip \"^\"\n" testvar="^/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test2 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test2 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'^'}" printf "\n" printf "test3 - strip \"-\"\n" testvar="-/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test3 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test3 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'-'}" printf "\n" printf "test4 - strip \"#\"\n" testvar="#/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test4 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test4 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'#'}" printf "\n" printf "test5 - strip \"@\"\n" testvar="@/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test5 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test5 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'@'}" printf "\n" printf "test6 - strip \"~\"\n" testvar="~/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test6 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test6 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'~'}" printf "\n" printf "test7 - strip \"!\"\n" testvar="!/SomePath/aSubPath" printf "test7 input : \"%s\"\n" "$testvar" printf "test7 output: \"%s\"\n" "${testvar/'!'}" printf "\n" ----->8 snip 8<----- thanks! )\/(ark --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .