At 07:58 +0000 9/12/07, Stroller wrote: >I think you'll find that RedHat - as most ALL Linux distros - uses >the GNU version of `ls`: > > $ ls --version > ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9 > Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of > the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie. > $ Had to work on one of them again today, so I grabbed the info. # /bin/ls --version ls (coreutils) 4.5.3 Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie. Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # uname -a Linux xxxxxxxx 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 20:46:40 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK. HP-UX specialist of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk) david.ledger at ivdcs.co.uk www.ivdcs.co.uk