I can't figure out what's happening here: shadowfax:~ rick$ ruby -ve'p "a\b\c"' ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.10.2] -e:1: unterminated string meets end of file shadowfax:~ rick$ ruby -e'p "a\b\\c"' "a\b\\c" shadowfax:~ rick$ ruby -e'puts "a\b\\c"' \c shadowfax:~ rick$ What's up with \c in a string literal? -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/