On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:40 PM, Christopher Collins wrote: > Amazingly, the extra information provided in this email makes it > simpler to figure out a solution. > > Create a smart folder on the desktop with "kind is any" and "name > begins with z" and change "contents" to "filename" > > That will give you ALL the files and folders that start with "z" on > your Mac. > > Then you can do with them what you want. Unfortunately, the finder > doesn't appear to show the existing folder they are in or not that > I could find in about 3 minutes of playing with the finder. > > Regards, > > cjc > Sigh.... That is what I get for trying to keep things simple and short. I could not do as you suggested as one of the folders (10K worth) of files that start with z. Ed