There is another way: "find -exec" but in common case the "xargs" is better. I would recommend you to read "info find, "Action: Adding Tests"" for understanding difference between these two ways. On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 11:45:47AM +0200, joost witteveen wrote: > > find $dir -type f | xargs echo > > or > > find $dir -type f | xargs -n 1 echo > > (try to see the difference). > -- > joostje > -- Theodore@home