You missed an "x" in the first example:

try:

QREPLACE "R:\whandler\badloan-wk\10133442.1" "\x20\x1B|\x0D\x0A" ""

to remove all occurrances of \x20\x1B or \x0D\x0A

Catch me on MSN if you have specific questions.

[ 01. October 2003, 00:27: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]
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