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# 8  
Old 05-27-2007
no its not.
check again.
# 9  
Old 05-28-2007
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Last edited by vino; 05-28-2007 at 02:56 AM.. Reason: No personal email addresses.
# 10  
Old 09-19-2007
Another way
If i were you , this is what i would do

$ ls -lRt | grep $filename
<notice the 'R' , its list RECURSIVE>

-Samarth
# 11  
Old 09-19-2007
With the Z-Shell:

Code:
print -l  **/filename(N)
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