Ok, here is my problem. I want to capture some screen text that is output from a DOS executable and stick it into a text file. Unfortunately, I am unable to do this using the >. Here's the process: >:fwver.exe sm >:[01][F5][03][B1] Samsung CD/DVD [T100] I need to get that output into a text file. When I try fwver.exe sm > test.txt I see the output and the text file is blank. When I stick the executable in a batch file I get the same result. Editting the executable is not an option as it is written in Korean and my Korean programming just isn't what it used to be. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get that line into a text file? Thanks in advance.

That redirect method won't work if the program doesn't use the 'standard output method', or something like that (this name is just a guess, I know there's such thing but I don't remember the name). This is the same reason why you can't redirect the output from a batch file with that method, either. Instead, use this: %COMSPEC% /C fwver.exe sm > test.txt -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br