This won't thread properly, coz I'm replying from a digest. > Is there anyway I can now which files are > duplicated in some directories? One approach is to use find, then use md5sum, then use sort on the output of md5sum, then look for duplicate md5's. $ find /home -type f -print0 \ | xargs -0 md5sum \ | sort ... \ | less I can't give more specific details, coz I'm stranded on a windows box at present, but [man sort] should get you going. Nick Bishop, email replies ignored. ----- Disclaimer, n: Advice to the reader that they should put their lawyer away. -oOo- ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Movies: Check out the Latest Trailers, Premiere Photos and full Actor Database. http://au.movies.yahoo.com