On 26 September 2012 19:04, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
> while [[ $f ]]; do ls -ld "$f"; f=${f%/*}; done; ls -ld / Ralph, that is very cool. It has just gone into my .bashrc as an alias! I had not come across that bash function ${f%/*} before. victor -- best regards, Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-10-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue