Manuel Mussini said... | |Does anybody know why this sequence does not work (under bash on SLF3.0.5)? | |ext="log" |files=`find . -name '*.${ext}' -print` |echo $files | |I think that the syntax is correct! Isn't it? No. The single quotes around the file name keeps ${ext} from expanding. Usesingle quotes: files=`find . -name "*.${ext}" -print` -Miles