Dow Hurst wrote: > How come you don't have to do this: > > find . \( -type f \) -exec chmod 666 {} \; The only time I've ever known that you needed parens (escaped) within a find was with logical combinations as in: find . \( -type f -o -type d \) -exec chmod 666 () \; -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft