On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:44:29AM +0100, James Bensley wrote: There are many ways to do this; building on your code snippet it would be: #!/bin/bash find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read FOLDER do if [ "$FOLDER" = "./not_this_folder_oh_no!" ]; then continue fi <otherwise do some magic here> done "continue" is treated as a reloop operator; and you should quote strings. John -- "I'm sorry but our engineers do not have phones." As stated by a Network Solutions Customer Service representative when asked to be put through to an engineer. "My other computer is your windows box." Ralf Hildebrandt <sxem> trying to play sturgeon while it's under attack is apparently not fun. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090603/822109f8/attachment-0005.sig>