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On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:27:56PM -0400, Eric Chadbourne wrote: > Hi all. Help I'm having a brain freeze. How come this doesn't work? > Thanks. - Eric C. > > if [ -a *.zip ] ; > then > echo "there is a zip"; > else > echo " no zip found"; > fi Because your shell expands *.zip to all the matching files. The rewritten version is thus: if [ -a aber.zip wiggle.zip foo.zip zippetydodah.zip ] which obviously doesn't work, right? You need a for loop. -dsr- -- Restore our Constitutional rights. http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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