From: Mignon Erixon-Stanford In my PROFILE EXEC, I turn off the line editing characters, thusly: cp set linedit off /* the # */ cp term linend off /* the # */ cp term chardel off /* the @ */ CP term LINEDEL OFF /* the cents symbol = pc backslash*/ There are pros & cons...I cannot enter multiple CP & CMS commands on a single line separated by the #, however, I can use the @ instead of AT. IRMSS907@SIVM (202) 357-4243 Smithsonian Institution, OIRM Research Systems Division A&I 2310, Washington, DC 20560