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On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 06:26:38PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > It's already been explained why this fails... Other solutions exist, > however this one is one of the simplest: > > foo=`echo *.zip |grep -v '*\.zip'` > if [ -n "$foo" ]; then > echo "there is a zip" > else > echo "there is no zip" > fi And in the spirit of "there's more than one way to do it", here's a variation on Derek's method: ls *.zip > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "there is a zip" else echo "zippo" fi -b -- it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. <benjamin franklin> -- 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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