Hi, this is with default bash and ActivePerl: $ perl -e 'printf "a b\n";' Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. The above works fine with tcsh ( as well as on any other OS I tried it ). So I guess it must be bash bug. Thanks Igor -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com