On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 05:31:11PM +0200, Chris wrote: > I know, I'm being a pain, but if I want to pipe this list to tar? Something > like: > > tar -cvvzf test.tar.gz (ls -aFl grep " /.") > > ??? Who said so ? That you are a pain? :-) You are a pleasure since I know the best way to do it. :-) tar -cvvzf test.tar.gs ( find . -name ".*" -maxdepth 1 -type f) Happy? :-) regards, Girish