Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:16:06 -0800, Tom Masterson wrote: [There are no stupid questions.] > I am trying to find one or more files in an unknown directory. The question is what command can I use to do this. I know some files with the given extension exist but I need to know if there are more in a different location and so far I haven't found any command that will tell me this. Have you tried "find <main_directory> -iname '*.<extension>' "? Mariusz -- ,\Mariusz Madej/,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',\EKG/GG#1117481/, Member of Polish DDTP Team -- http://ddtp.debian.org deb http://ddtp.debian.org/aptable pl/unstable main _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list