Shirley, When you run the posix utilities, or the shell itself, from the CI and you want to pass parameters, you need to enclose the parms in quotes, ex: :tobyte.hpbin.sys "test2 test3" or :run tobyte.hpbin.sys;info="test2 test3" If you only pass one parm, you can omit the quotes. Check the CI help on the :RUN command or the Commands Reference Manual for help on IMPLIED RUN. Bob Rose Shirley A MacLaughlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article <01BD03E7.56D6FA60@shirl>... > I need some expert help, please. > The following is all the info I can find on TOBYTE > > :run help.hpbin.sys;info="tobyte" > > tobyte -- convert MPE record files to byte stream files > Usage: tobyte [-at] mpe_file [hfs_filename] > -a open the input file as an ASCII file > -t strip trailing blanks from each line in an ASCII file > > but when I try the above syntax (whether or not including -at) > > :tobyte.hpbin.sys test2 test3 > ^ > Expected a comma or a semicolon. (CIERR 10125) > Implied run command failed due to parser error. (CIERR 9057) > > What am I doing wrong? I've tried just about everything, including running from > the shell. But I obviously haven't found the secret. > > Help, and thanks. > > Shirl, (Crossley Carpet Mills, Truro, NS) >