> I want to search list all the files of the format "XAAAAAnn" > in a group where > X=Character X, > A=Any Character between [a-z] and > N=any number between 0-9 > > So I used the following command > LISTFILE X[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][0-9][0-9]."GROUP-NAME" This appears to be a defect in the LISTF[ILE] code. I eliminated our pattern matching code via the following test: :calc pmatch("X[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][0-9][0-9]","XABCDE12") which returned TRUE. The PMATCH function directly invokes the same pattern matching code used by LISTF[ILE]. So hopefully, SHOWVAR, DELETEVAR, STORE, RESTORE, which also call the same pattern matching code, don't have the this problem. regards, Jeff Vance, vCSY * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *