Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!uh!glex From: glex@uh.msc.umn.edu (Jeffrey Gleixner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: How to get input to find . -ok Message-ID: <1410@uc.msc.umn.edu> Date: 12 Mar 90 17:52:46 GMT Sender: news@uc.msc.umn.edu Reply-To: glex@uh.UUCP (Jeffrey Gleixner) Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 12 I want to get the answer to: find . \( -name $1 \) -ok mv $HERE/$12 {} \; ( $? doesn't work because the find doesn't bomb.) i.e. when I type in "y" how can I test for it later? Right now I'm asking myself if it was moved after the above command. Thanks for the help. glex@msc.umn.edu === " I don't date any girl that says bitch'n " ===