Afternoon LugNuts, Ok, I have a group of directories named "save(and the date) i.e. "save021303". Iv'e discoverd I can make the current days directory using: mkdir save`date +%D | cut -c 1,2,4,5,7,8` My question is, how would I delete the directory that is several days old? i.e. save021003 rm -rf ?? Thanks for your time, Eric