On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 04:38:15PM -0400, ken wrote: > I'm getting strange stuff too: > > $ /bin/ls -l radiolab101510--Fate-and-Fortune.mp3 > -rw-r--r-- 1 zl zl 57144527 Sep 30 16:10 > radiolab101510--Fate-and-Fortune.mp3 > $ /bin/ls -l *.mp3 > /bin/ls: unrecognized option `--Fate-and-Fortune.mp3' You have a file begining with a - sign and this is expanding on the comamnd line. Do "ls -l -- *.mp3" to be safe -- rgds Stephen