d l said: > du /mnt/DOWNLOADS will give you a recursive list about the > directory sturture and files. Use regular expression to > filter the output to something you want then. that's like using a sledgehammer to put a screw in. find . -type d learn your available tools, pick up unix in a nutshell. -d +( duncan brown : duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )+ +( linux "just works" : www.linuxadvocate.net )+ -------------------------------------------------- Understatement of the century: "Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones" - Linus Torvalds, August 1991 --------------------------------------------------