Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!cbnewsc!jld From: jld@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (J. L. David) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Batch file question Keywords: Ctrl-Z Message-ID: <437@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Apr 89 20:52:50 GMT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 Is there any way to embed a Control-Z inside a batch file o that it will NOT cause the termination of the batch job? Specifically, I am trying to execute the following: egrep -v "^Z" file1.ext >file2.ext which works just fine if I type it in at the command line but fails from within a .BAT file. Please reply via email. Thanks in advance. Jeff David