Re: bash if file exists

["Tom Metro-12" <user=71@nabble.blu.org>]

 Michael Tiernan wrote: 
> ...if you're root, then use: 
> /bin/ls -1 *.zip > /dev/null 2>&1 

You're point being use /bin/ls instead of ls and relying on the path? 
Sure, but explicitly setting the path might be a better idea, if this is 
part of a larger script. 

What's the relevance of the -1 switch if you're throwing away the output? 


> ...if there's too many entries...... 

ls -1 | egrep -q '\.zip$' 

ought to do it. 


Cole Tuininga wrote: 
> I believe that using "echo" instead, would not have such a problem. 

I don't see why. It still depends on passing an argument, which the 
shell expands, on the command line. 

  -Tom 

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