* * * * * What? Me, bitter? Thank you so very XXXXXXX much RedHat [1]! ls [a-z]* **is supposed to** return those filenames starting with a lower case letter. **LOWER CASE LETTER!** If I wanted a XXXXXXX file with a XXXX upper case letter, **I WOULD XXXXXXX ASK FOR IT YOU XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX PIECE OF XXXX!** XXXX! XXXX! XXXX! XXXX! XXXX! iuuku88@!#@#$ JWET HKQWEF lj1234 uy12vl jasdf890123 5y!@#%QW#$SDFajqhw 8901234 i fekjlh12098fasdljk1239-8!@#%!@#@#Q !@ %$!1234 !@#~@#$~@#4 XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX LAPTOP KEYBOARD PIECE OF XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX DIE XXXXXX XXXXXX DIE XXXXXX XXXXXX DIE! [1] http://www.redhat.com/ Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .