Charles, Your example data
/* REXX */ stdin.0=3 stdin.1="0001 Main Check" stdin.2="0002 OMVS (FTP Session)" stdin.3="0003 C Validation" cmd="sort -k 2" call bpxwunix cmd,stdin.,stdout.,stderr. say "stdout:" say "=======" do i=1 to stdout.0 say stdout.i end say "stderr:" say "=======" do i=1 to stderr.0 say stderr.i end produces stdout: ======= 0003 C Validation 0001 Main Check 0002 OMVS (FTP Session) stderr: ======= Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN