Hi Manav.. > "How do you make grep search for a keyword in just the current > directory, including hidden files?" I think this might work for that purpose: find ./ -maxdepth 1 -exec grep -i <your_keyword> {} \; regards Mulyadi -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/