Hi All, I have a small problem in reading from a file. I have a template file in which one of the line looks like this. Sam is riding a __VEHICLE__ ... I will be replacing __VEHICLE__ with a string value which i normally get it from databse. Problem is, i will be using this variable '__VEHICLE__' at many places in my file. I need the value to be printed in caps in some places and small letters in some places. I tried to print the value by placing \U....\E character in file itself. But while printing, these escape characters are not recognized. Line in file :Sam is riding a \U__VEHICLE__\E ... replacing __VEHICLE__ with 'car' during reading Output Looks like this. Sam is riding a \Ucar\E ... Is there any way to recognize these characters from file and get the result as expected.