Hi! i have an xml file on RHL Linux. its size is around 3MB. when i open this file in vi it shows me some @ signs after first two lines. when i go down i can see the entire text. in the end where it displays no of lines and count of words it displays "filename" [dos] 3L, and no of characters. what does it mean?? and i'm unable to parse this file using xml parser. any help?? regards anjana ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For information on this and other Linux India mailing lists check out http://lists.linux-india.org/