tye, I've run into this same item in unum.pl, which I'm trying to run on an n810. $ unum c=`cat /home/user/hebrew.utf8` Can't find unicode character property definition via main->IsDigit or Is/Digit.pl at /home/user/bin/unum.pl line 194 $ sed -ne '194p' /home/user/bin/unum.pl if ($n =~ m/^\d/) { I'm not familiar enough with PERL syntax to see how to apply the \Q\E. The line giving the error is: Line 194: if ($n =~ m/^\d/) { It doesn't seem right to me to change $n to \Q$n\E because it is not in the m// expression. At the same time, I don't see a $var in the m// expression. I'm feeling rather dense, as I look at this. What is the proper syntax for this line? John