On 05/21/11 12:43 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > find . -type f -name \*.rpm ! -name \*.zzz that won't work right anyways. the first -name says match just .rpm files. none of those will be .zzz so the 2nd expression won't ever get hit (all .rpm files are not .zzz files). -- john r pierce N 37, W 123 santa cruz ca mid-left coast