Hi, I've used paste for years and it's super useful. Basically it "vertically pastes" two text files together Can't get my head around join tho, when and where would you use this? ### this is a Hippo Free Zone ### -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips