note tphyahoo Everybody who hates File::Find should try the find2perl utility that comes bundled with perl. <p> <code> find2perl > my-find-script-template.pl chmod u+x my-find-script-template.pl </code> <p> It's totally boneheaded utility. As far as I can tell, all it does is output the template for a basic file finder with perl, which you can then modify per your requirements. <p> Well, actually, it's a little more powerful than that, but I never figured out how to give arguments to this script. I just output and tweak. <p> And yet... and yet... what a help that is! <p> Try it if you haven't. :) 561564 561564