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> Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 06:55:36PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > >> Which can be further simplified to: > >> > >> if ls *.zip >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > > > That's probably more elegant on some level than my $?. > Derek's test > > of the ls exit status embedded in the if statement jogged my memory > > for another > > method: > > > > ls *.zip > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'zips!' || echo 'zippo!' > > > > There ends up being a tradeoff between brevity and > legibility at some > > point, but I don't think we've hit it yet. Anyone got a > shorter one? > > > > :-) > > > > -b > > Hey, I like that! Much cleaner than my "find" approach. > > I didn't realize that ls returns a non-zero return code when > nothing found. Neat trick! > > DR
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