Quoting Bob Tanner (tanner at real-time.com): > I want to do a substitution like this: > > s/#4/Blah hash $288/gi I guess a better question what is a quick and easy was to escape all meta-characters in a string? Like, if I want to escape * ? $ -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9