Hello! I know - egrep v 2.14 is not a last version, but i have no time to verify in new version :) Regexp [A\-Z] not work as 'A' or '-' or 'Z' That finded all letters: Example: nezhevenko@nezhevenko:~> echo 'd' | grep -E '[A\-Z]' d nezhevenko@nezhevenko:~> egrep -V egrep (GNU grep) 2.14 ... -- Nezhevenko Nickolay, Quality Assurance, Protei LTD, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.