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Thanks methyl,

you are right. I actually missed the -name parameter when replied.

my OS is Linux.
Linux taiga 2.6.16.60-0.27-smp #1 SMP Mon Jul 28 12:55:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

yesterday it worked. but now it doesnt. it doesnt show any fullpaths of the filenames in the file "filenames.txt".

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it doesnt show any fullpaths of the filenames in the file "filenames.txt".

Presumably the previous run deleted all the files.

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