You may also want to consider using the -exec option of find as in : find . -name '*.mp3' -exec ls -l "{}"' ';' which in your case might look something like this: find . -name '*.mp3' -exec command-mp3-2-ogg "{}" ';' The {} is the place holder for the filename. -- Bill Gradwohl (817) 224-9400 bill@xxxxxxx