OK spoke to soon, works with putty on xterm-color, not with Solaris DTterm (i.e. get blank lines between headers) Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM stevekennedyuk / MSN steve@xxxxxxxxx Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com