Re: bash if file exists

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 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- 


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