hi, i want to know how to read tab without a terminating character, ie., if i use getchar() i have to enter '\n' after tab to read tab, same is the case with read system call and scanf. bye, chandra. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/