hiya sort file | uniq -c file contains numbers, from 1 to 255 and the idea is to get a list of how many of each number there are one would assume that i'd never receive lines with the same number, right? but i do.. 122662 225 1 225 linux, textutils 2.0 ideas? / d -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug