Something like this works for me: ldapsearch attribute=* dn | grep -v '^$' | while read dn do echo "dn: $dn" echo "delete: attribute" echo "" done | ldapmodify -D "cn=manager,o=xx" -w secret Regards, -JP On Sun, 14 May 2000, Marian Steinbach wrote: > I would like to know the easiest way to erase one atribute, > disregarding it´s value, from all directory entries that have > this attribute.