On Fre, 2004-03-05 at 16:32, Rangesh Kona wrote: > 2. find /usr1/archives/ | xargs cat > /tmp/mbox > > mhonarc –add /tmp/mbox > > fails with Unable to create temp file Too many open files error Try using a loop, with bash it looks something like: for i in $(ls . | grep .txt) ; do cat $i >> /tmp/mbox done -- Daniel