Here's another simple little example: where/what's that file you were working on yesterday? So you need the files of the relevant directory to be listed in recentcy-order. ETHO doesn't do that. Years ago I investigated transforming the output of System.Directory *\d but the unfortunate choice of ETHO's time-format: InitLog 07.08.2012 12:07:07 610 InitLog.Bak 07.08.2012 12:06:23 546 means you'd have to re-format: '07.08.2012' to '2012.08.07' to be able to use ETHO's `sort` facility, and that's after using RX to re-order the 4 fields to: 2012.08.07 12:07:07 InitLog 610 Don't worry, of course *nix gives you <show the most recent 10 [say] files-names, ordered in recentcy>. Just say: System.Execute <doIt>. The actual *nix syntax is: `System.Execute ls -t | head` but the syntax is not important. You just have the instruction in your tool-box. And if you need to see the sizes too, or any of the other zillion options, *nix has got them all. Just add them to your tool-box as you evolve and test them. With ETHO on top of *nix, you've got the superior HCI of ETHO with the FREE underlying support of *nix. Not to mention the full range of device drivers [How's ETHO/A2 for USBstik] and inet. I can't get gmail [non-http] with ETHO yet. Can A2 do it? It needs TLS. == Chris Glur. PS. did I forget to mention, again, this applies to ETH Oberon (2.4.3) for Linux x86 -------- IMO the BAD format of Day.Month.Year should be fixed; but NOT to US format. We need to be prepared to fix errors, like the "_" in the default font, and not work-around them, contunually. OK! I See the "_" IS fixed here in LEO. And here's a little diversion related to the topic: I want to see the *.Scn.Fnt of this text that I'm writing now. Hex.Open ETHObjcts shows it, but won't allow me to copy-paste it here. So let's see: System.Execute head ETHObjcts OK, `head` give the 1st 10 lines. But ETHO's EOL does NOT qualify as a *nix EOL. So it writes the whole ETHObjcts in a text frame, all as ONE-line -- wrapped. And I CAN cut: ...OB2ULiNE.Scn.Fnt3Oberon10.Scn.Fnt,UOberon14b.Scn.Fnt which tells about the fonts used in this frame. Let's try another little trick: System.Execute cat ETHObjcts | strings | fold `strings` means show only ascii chars -- I think `fold` means break the line at word-boundry @ linelen < X Which shows me the file of THIS text that I'm now writing, and would allow the infinite trick-set that *nix can do to it.