>i am running the following programme under windows >#!/bin/sh >echo hello world '\t' hi there Try: #!/bin/sh echo -e 'hello world \t hi there' Jeff -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/