In the last episode (Mar 09), Mark said: > Is there way (via find or ls, or something else), to retrieve the > numeric filemodes? For instance, if "ls -la" says "-r--r--r--", I > would like to get its numeric equivalent, 444. You can use "stat -r" to get the mode. It's the 3rd field. -- Dan Nelson dnelson at allantgroup.com