Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > find /home/gene/Mail -name \*.index\* -exec rm \{\} \; Something people do from old school days, but it is better to do: find /home/gene/Mail -type f -name '*.index*' -delete which will restrict to files only and call implicit delete - which is more efficient that calling external rm ;-) regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting