Is there any reason why a shell (or command line) cannot be as tolerant or as intelligent as a text adventure game like Zork, or a MUD [Multi User Dungeon]? Is there any reason why a shell cannot work like such a game? ("Go North", etc.) Actually, no and we have the implementation to prove it. Have fun, and don't get eaten by a Grue! WWW: http://www.xirium.com/tech/mud-shell/index.html - George Reid greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org