On Apr 7, 2005 11:32 AM, michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk> wrote: > sounds like homework to me but how about, for bash shell: > let num=`find . -type d -maxdepth 1 | wc -l`-1;echo $num Or num=`find / -type d -uid <user id> | wc -l` -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com