-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike McCarty wrote: >>He did Mike. You snipped it out of your reply. > > No, he issued a COMMAND, which I snipped out. He explained why xargs was better in his opinion and then offered both the find command piped to xargs that would solve the OP's needs and then also t he more basic ls *.txt that may have worked. If you just want to nit pick, then have fun. Christ. - -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Suppose I were a member of Congress, and suppose I were an idiot. But, I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. iG0EARECAC0FAkSf+lYmGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1pisgCfWyRbaip7UauGGNS2bzTyLxpSRmEAoI7O+xHM ic4sRfot9twGJgQfQTk+ =Oy3e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----