> Why can't show logical display only the tables with a match? Using perl as a workaround... $ defin SYS$SYSROOT sys$common $ pipe show log sys$sysro* | perl -ne "$t = $_ if /\(/; if (/=/) { print $t,$_; $t=q()} (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE) "SYS$SYSROOT" = "SYS$COMMON" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) "SYS$SYSROOT" = "$1$DGA1:[SYS0.]" = "SYS$COMMON:" Hein