Tim: >> You simply have to rearrange the command line, it'll be an error >> message about syntax. Type in the "options" before you add the >> "arguments", like it tells you to. >> >> Look at the man file for the command you're playing with (man find), and >> look at what are the options that you can use with that command. Write >> those parts of your command line first, then add your arguments >> afterwards, "maxdepth" is an option, "type" is an argument. >> >> e.g. Instead of: find <dir> -type d -maxdepth 1 >> Try: find <dir> -maxdepth 1 -type d Robert P. J. Day: > ah, now i see -- i was unaware that "-maxdepth" was officially an > "argument" as opposed to an "option". thanks. 'tother way around... "find" seems a particularly convoluted one, looking at its man file. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
