>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Riggs <Riggs> writes: Rob> I'd try 'find -inum ... -exec rm -f {} \;' instead to see if that Rob> works. I think you may have a problem with xargs reading the Rob> trashed filename from the pipe. It may be trying to parse the Rob> data in some manner. this is what "-print0" (on 'find') and "-0" (on 'xargs') is very useful for... t.