@UnixGuy
Yes Ken, that works
but only deals with the firefox dot files
There are heaps of others with the same problem, and the directories are up to 6 levels deep
I did things like
grep nevj * */* */*/* */*/*/* */*/*/*/* */*/*/*/*/*
that gives me a list of all the offending files
then I have to vi each file and change the name
and thats not it… there are dot files so
grep nevj .* */.* */*/.* */*/*/.* */*/*/*/.* */*/*/*/*/.*
and vi any dot files
thankfully there are no subdirectories with leading dots
You get the picture… It took several hours, hopefully with no typos
Neville