I would like to know how to do wildcard searches on a series which contains filenames as its elements... >> e == [%%backup%~ %.autosave/ %.forward %.pgp/ %.rhosts %.saves-1309-crossftp3 %bin/ %crossing/ %dev/ %emacs-20.7.tar.gz %etc/ %test/ ... >> find e %etc/ == [%etc/ %test/ %user.r %usr/ %xemacs-21.1.3-sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz %xing.tar] >> find e to-file "etc/" == [%etc/ %test/ %user.r %usr/ %xemacs-21.1.3-sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz %xing.tar] >> find e to-file "etc" == none >> find/any e to-file "etc*" == none >> find/any e to-file "etc?" == none Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at http://comm.lycos.com