Hello >From http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html: # find / -type f -name "*.la" | xargs grep -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la Is there any reason to use xargs instead of find's -exec option? # find / -type f -name "*.la" -exec grep -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la '{}' \; jimmers