bash if file exists

[Mark Richards]

David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> Matt Brodeur wrote:
>> 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
> 
> Por favor - could you explain this one?

Set the parameter list to all files meeting the specification.
Test to see if ${1} is a valid file and then
do something with it.

${1} could be iterated through so you can get each file.

Pretty good for chicken scratch.


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