mysql config: /usr/bin/ contains lots of files, including mysql files [many with opaque names]; the permissions on the mysql files must be changed to root/mysql; since "ls -l" yields the date of mysql's install: root at gent bin # ls -l mysql - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55464 Mar 31 02:03 mysql and root at gent bin # ls -l * | grep "Mar 31" culls the names of the mysql files from /usr/bin [they all have 02:03 or 02:04 as the times on Mar 31], i created a special "subdirectory" root at gent bin # mkdir /tmp/mysql and assumed that "ls -l * | grep "Mar 31" | cp /tmp/mysql/" would copy the SELECTED FILES, themselves, from the directory /usr/bin/ to the directory /tmp/mysql/ so that i could, then, do this: root at gent bin # cd /tmp/mysql and root at gent mysql # ls -1 and have "ls -1" on the special subdirectory yield a file containing just a vertical list of file names; this is the simple list i want to edit for my chown script; SO, IS THERE A WAY TO USE THE OUTPUT OF ls -l * | grep "Mar 31" AS THE INPUT FOR A COMMAND WHICH WOULD COPY THE FILES? or, is there another way to get my list? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list