Gordon Grimes <Gordon_Grimes <at> symantec.com> writes: > % wc -l FILE > 48786 > % grep . FILE > 2240 > > Very wrong. You're aware that "." doesn't match empty lines? Regards, Achim. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple