On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:18:47 -0400 Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Because the "ls" never completes and eventually bombs out with a "too > many files" error. So, though I am assuming, it's not really an > assumption. :) for i in *; do echo $i; done For subdirectories: for i in */*; do echo $i; done -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines