hmmm, I've got QEdit 5.4 on MPE 6.0, but it doesn't work for me. Could it be a forgotten (on my part) SET command that you have in a QeditMGR file? /use k /input xx;prompt="Input:" Input:abc /echo !xx abc /echo //l[/ 1 xyz 2 xyz 3 xyz 4 xyz 5 xyz /echo //c1"!xx"@ 1 !xx xyz 2 !xx xyz 3 !xx xyz 4 !xx xyz 5 !xx xyz 5 lines changed /echo //l[/ 1 !xx xyz 2 !xx xyz 3 !xx xyz 4 !xx xyz 5 !xx xyz /v@ QEDIT/iX (Version 5.4) QEDIT.PUB.ROBELLE Parm=3 Set ACcount ROBELLE _______________________________________________ Keven Miller [log in to unmask] * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *