> > Hi > I tried to do what was suggested. That is, I did > > find . -name '*[ch]' -follow -print | egrep -v "^2600 | ^3600" > However, the file size is the same as earlier, meaning that it didnt reject the pattern is not right because of the space in beween ( egrep will search for a white space there) try using egrep -v "^[23]00" should work