bash if file exists

[Eric Chadbourne]

> 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

Wow, excellent responses to this "simple" question!
- Eric C

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