Carissa, According to WMO Manual 386 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/head.php>, WMO bulletins start with the character sequence "SOH CR CR LF" (which is the hex byte sequence 01 0D 0D 0A). Note that ESC (hex byte 1B) isn't in that sequence; consequently, the pqing(1) utility removes that byte. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OWC-960244 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed