So I list out some directories, and I redirect the output to a file called "out". I do it with: find . \( -type d ! -name . -prune \)' > out I then go into "out" using my favorite editor and remove any directories I don't want to search. When I do a find `cat out` -name 'something*' I get an error on any directories with whitespace in them. When I try to place quotes around that name, it doesn't work, nor does putting a backslash in front of the space help. Any shell experts out there have any ideas? === Al