On Wednesday 20 Jul 2011 20:53:06 Sean Carolan wrote: > I had this in my bash history: > > IFS='\n' > > That seems to have been the cause of the missing n's. I know you used python in the end, but for the record this should have been: IFS=$'\n' i.e. the \n has to be expanded to a newline, otherwise it causes word splitting on either '\' or 'n'. -- Michael Gliwinski Henderson Group Information Services 9-11 Hightown Avenue, Newtownabby, BT36 4RT Phone: 028 9034 3319 ********************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients, any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing client engagement leter or contract. If you have received this email in error please notify support at henderson-group.com John Henderson (Holdings) Ltd Registered office: 9 Hightown Avenue, Mallusk, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT36 4RT. Registered in Northern Ireland Registration Number NI010588 Vat No.: 814 6399 12 *********************************************************************************