That was pretty close. I was able to get it to work from there. Thanks very much, it does exactly what I need. This is how it ended up: #!ksh touch run.ksh find $ORACLE_HOME | while read I; do A=$(ls -adl $I | awk {'print $1,"'$I'"'}) U=$(echo $A | awk {'print $1'} | cut -c2-4 | awk {'print "u="$1'}) G=$(echo $A | awk {'print $1'} | cut -c5-7 | awk {'print "g="$1'}) O=$(echo $A | awk {'print $1'} | cut -c8-11 | awk {'print "o="$1'}) U=$(echo $U | sed -e 's/-//g') G=$(echo $G | sed -e 's/-//g') O=$(echo $O | sed -e 's/-//g') echo "chmod" $U","$G","$O $I >> run.ksh done On 10/31/07, Vincent verpoort <vincent.verpoort@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > touch run.ksh > > find <YOUR DIR HERE !!!!> | while read I; do > > A=$(ls -adl $I | awk {'print $1,"'$I'"'}) > > U=$(echo $A | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | cut -c2-4 | awk {'print > > "u="$1'}) > > G=$(echo $A | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | cut -c5-7 | awk {'print > > "g="$1'}) > > O=$(echo $A | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | cut -c8-11 | awk {'print > > "o="$1'}) > > U=$(echo $U | sed -e 's/-//g') > > G=$(echo $G | sed -e 's/-//g') > > O=$(echo $O | sed -e 's/-//g') > > echo "chmod" $U $G $O $I >> run.ksh > > done > > > > > > here you go should work > > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'