Many thanks, it now works :) grep -e [[:digit:]]:[[:digit:]][[:digit:]].motion$ 2008/6/7 Brendan Strunk <geek947 at gmail.com>: > try reinstalling app lol I would love to but I am the one writing it :) Cheers Dave -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html