From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-03-17T17:11:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Need to step through text in Variable 2010/3/16 jackster the jackle : > thanks alot Jean-Julien....that works perfectly! Somehow my response to the newsgroup is delayed. You do not need #split. You can do `ssh ...`.each_line do |line| ... end This works at least in 1.8.7 and 1.9, probably also in 1.8.6. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/