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Re: bash if file exists



 Dan Ritter wrote: 
> 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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