> which i think i can't store it in an array > like this but i want the output as > June.pdf April.pdf Aug.pdf Aug.pdf Feb.pdf Jan.pdf July.pdf June.pdf
Regarding the first question about using find, it should be '*.pdf' and NOT "*.pdf" (read man page of find -- it states that if you use double-quotes, bash expands it before parsing it to find). Regarding array, the following will work for you. $ i=`ls`; echo $i I have used back ticks (the one on the tilde ~ key). You can even iterate over them (following will work if there are no spaces in path names). $ for i in `ls`; do echo $i; done (of course, this will sequentially print each item). Sharad -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
