Chris Devers wrote:
If you don't have the `locate` database on your system, you're going to have to walk the while filesystem, using something like `find`. Here's one way to do it, but it will be very, very, very slow:
> $ find / -type f | grep -v '/.*/.*/.*/.*/' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ick! Better to use the -maxdepth switch (if it is available.) $ find / -type f -maxdepth 4 John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>