if perl -e 'exit(grep(-e,glob(shift))?0:1)' '*.foo' ; then echo "*.foo exists" else echo "no *.foo" fi -- Fletch | "If you find my answers frightening, __`'/| fletch at phydeaux.org | Vincent, you should cease askin' \ o.O' 770 294-0820 (m) | scary questions." -- Jules =(___)= | U