Hi All, SL 7.1 perldoc perlreref Is this mess suppose to happen (reprodeced in "terminal" and "xterm")? -T ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference ESC[1mDESCRIPTIONESC[0m This is a quick reference to Perl's regular expressions. For full information see perlre and perlop, as well as the "SEE ALSO" section in this document. ESC[1mOPERATORSESC[0m "=~" determines to which variable the regex is applied. In its absence, $_ is used.