On Dec 3, 2007 10:46 AM, <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > WITH XARGS > > jaxlawdw > find . -name "access_log.*" -atime +245 | xargs ls -lt It's always a good idea to use the -d option of ls with xargs: find . -name "access_log.*" -atime +245 | xargs ls -ltd A couple of test runs and a quick read of the ls man page will show why. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l