Hi! > > Yep, that would work, but I guess my question was a bit poorly > > formulated. I am writing a bash script that has: > > > > dirs=[^.]*/ > > > > and I'd like to have "files=..." without using find or other > external > > commands if at all possible. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Of course the best way is with the find command, being > > find / -type f > > Any reason why you'd rather use ls instead of find? I want just the files from the current directory, not from any subdir. And I'd prefer some bash globbing if possible for performance/elegancy reasons :) Thanks. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com