Hi, At Sat, 3 Aug 2002 02:14:37 +0900, Khurram wrote: > a = File.open("blah.txt") > f = (a.gets).split(/\t/) > f[4] = f[4] + "blah" File.open("blah.txt.new", "w") do |b| print f.join("\t") end File.rename("blah.txt.new", "blah.txt") -- Nobu Nakada