On Friday 15 November 2002 01:40 am, David Lawyer wrote: > for F in $(command ls $1); do > > The "command ls" insures that ls is not a shell function but the real ls > command. The following may be another solution for F in $(ls --color=no -1); do Also, the following will allow spaces in filenames without problems for F in $(ls --color=no -1b); do Warren -- Treasurer, GOLUM, Inc. http://www.golum.org