Hi All, I tested the following script on mandrake 10.0 linux (GNU sed version 4.0.9), It generates a calltips file called SKILL.tips for nedit >5.4 from the cadence finder data. #!/bin/bash # #generate a "tips" file for the nirvana editor #from the cadence documentation "finder" files # orgwd=$(pwd) outfile=$orgwd/SKILL.tips icroot=/cds/ic51 cd $icroot/doc/finder finderfiles=$(find . -name *.fnd) for f in $finderfiles ;do cat $f |\ sed 's,^;\(.*\)$,*comment*\n\1\n,'|\ sed -r 's,^\("([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)",\n\1,'|\ sed '/^"/s///'|\ sed '/"$/s///'|\ sed '/")$/s///' done \