Kyp <k...@stsci.edu> writes: > Is there a way to get the first X # of files from a dir with lots of > files, that does not take a long time to run?
Assuming Linux: what does time ls thedir | head give? with thedir the name of the actual dir Also how many is many files? -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
