Re: shell tricks (Re: bash if file exists)

["Derek Martin-9" <user=7@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 11:50:54AM -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote: 
> if [ $(echo *.zip) = "*.zip" ] ; then 
> echo "no zips" 
> else 
> echo "zips" 
> fi 

This only works if there is exactly 1 file that matches.  Otherwise, 
you get "too many arguments" or some other syntax error.  The fix is 
to put it in quotes. 

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