If you are using UNIX, then the following may help.... grep '\$Id.*\$' *.m | sort -n +3 This will find the version numbers of all files, and sort them so that the most recent is shown last. Best regards, -John -----Original Message----- From: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roman Rodionov Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SPM] how to find out SPM5 update number Dear SPMers, Does anybody know a quick way to find out about number of the SPM5 update version? Probably something like spm_ver or spm_about. Thanks, Roman