Gun Caundle wrote:

I now have a clearer understanding about Linux file types. I was trying to find something with extensions to differentiate the types of files as in Windows. (Laudy hush ma mouth)

If that's what you're after you almost certainly want the "file" command. In you home directory, type "file *" cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates stuart.yeates(a)computing-services.oxford.ac.uk OSS Watch http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ Humbul Humanities Hub http://www.humbul.ac.uk/