Thanks Rusty, Here is what I ended up with.. Thanks for the ideas. #!/bin/bash # 2001-05-29 # Find the fat files and email people to get rid of them. FATDIR=/home #Where do you want to look FATSIZE=100000b #Minimum size in bytes for files to look for ADMINEML=sklass@andigilog.com #Admins Email ADMIN="Steven Klass $ADMINEML" #Admins Name MAILCMD=/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject #Actual Mail command TEMPDIR=/tmp #Where do you want to store the data TEMPFILE=DiskHog #File name of the data DATE=`/bin/date` #Start the email to the admin.. echo To:$ADMINEML > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo Subject: Space Hog Report $DATE >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo The following people were sent notices for having fat files: >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ #Find the files find $FATDIR -size +$FATSIZE -xdev -printf '%u\t%b\t%AD\t%h/%fd\n' | sort > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$$ #For each user email them and add there name to the admin list for u in `awk '{print $1}' $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$$ |sort | uniq ` ; do # Send the email to the user if [ "$u" != "root" ] ; then echo To:$u > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo Subject: Space hog alert!! >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo Dearest Spacehog $u >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo A recent scan on $DATE showed that you have some fat files that need to be deleted >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo Please contact $ADMIN if you do not understand this message >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ grep $u $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$$ | sort -g -k2 -r >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo Remember W: = /home/ShProj and P: = /home/user >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo Ciao >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo " The Space Hog..">> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ cat $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ | $MAILCMD rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$u.$$ echo " $u" >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ fi done #Give the admin a usage stat for the fatdir in question echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo Disk Usage Stats: >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo FileSystem Size Used Avail %Use Mounted On >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo `/bin/df --human $FATDIR | grep home` >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ echo Ciao >> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ cat $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ | $MAILCMD rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.ADM.$$ rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE.$$ -- Steven M. Klass Physical Design Engineering Manager Andigilog Inc. 7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100 Chandler, AZ 85226 Ph: 480-940-6200 ext. 18 Fax: 480-940-4255 sklass@andigilog.com http://www.andigilog.com