Although I have been using Fedora for almost a year now, I have had little reason to get too familiar with the command line. Noe that I feel like expanding my knowedge, I am trying to get used to the command line. When I do ls, I can see a list of files. If there is a file, say phonenumbers.xls, that I want to open, but do not know what program opens it, how can I do the equivelent of clicking on it, so that it opens in the default program for it's type? Even for files that I do know what program to use, it would make life easier. Thanks all in advance for your replies. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/internet_technology/websafety.php