Noah writes: [drop] > 3) `eval'. > > As has been pointed out, you really almost never need eval in rc and es > (by contrast, in the bourne shell you need it a lot). Uh-uh. Hands off. Mine.:-) Like Paul, I need this for -, --, --p etc, so I don't want it taken out. Besides, the reason it exists in the first place is justification for it being there. steve