On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:02:37AM -0700, David A. Sinck wrote: /_ /_Actually, it's shell wildcarding that you're looking for. /_ /_cp a[2-6].ext destination /_ /_cp a[3-6][0-9][0-9].ext destination /_ /_cp a[1-8]*[0-9].ext destination /_ After I fired off the message I realized I had a bad subject line. I tried your first example with a "no match' returned. I'll play a bit longer to see what simple thing I am missing. -mike