Garrick Staples wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:45:43AM +0200, Ioannis Vranos alleged: > > Is there any command that I can use to find the broken > links that point > > to non-existent files? > > Not pretty, but should work fine: > > find . -type l 2>/dev/null| while read line;do test -e > "$line" || echo "$line";done Simpler way: find . -L -type l -print The -L tells find to follow symbolic links and use the file type of the destination of the link instead of the link itself, so it will only find files of type 'l' if it cannot find the file's destination, a nice little side-effect. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.