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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 Just because you don't have *enough* different answers yet: set -- *.zip if [ -f "${1}" ] ; then echo "there is a zip"; else echo " no zip found"; fi I had (basically) the same problem in one of my "why the heck isn't this in a real language" scripts recently. -- Matt Brodeur RHCA [hidden email] http://www.nexttime.com PGP ID: 2CFE18A3 / 9EBA 7F1E 42D1 7A43 5884 560C 73CF D615 2CFE 18A3 Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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