I like your options for the ls command. Seems like a rather 'rigid' way to get things done. > > ladon:~# ls -Flasd /dev /dev/null > 28 drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 28672 2007-06-13 11:38 /dev/ > 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2007-06-13 11:38 /dev/null > ladon:~# >