On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Charles Pareto wrote: > file.each { |line| print line if line =~ /(C|c)isco|CISCO/ } ... > Does anyone know how I can modify my reg exp to not include > certain keywords like SanFrancisco and Francisco? How about: /\b([Cc]isco|CISCO)\b/ or even /\bcisco\b/i ? -- (stephan paul) Arif Sahari Wibowo _____ _____ _____ _____ /____ /____/ /____/ /____ _____/ / / / _____/ http://www.arifsaha.com/