--- Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am using the find command like this > > find <somedir> -name "somaname" -exec find {} -name "somefile" \; > This works fine. [...]
Maybe it would help if you explained what you are trying to achieve. This seems incredibly convoluted, and a nightmare for anyone who has to maintain your code in the future. Why not store the results of the first find command in a temporary variable? Regards, Gora __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/