check for FILES existence - Shell Programming and Scripting

blowtorch · #3 (**permalink**) 06-28-2006

You can avoid using the ls command here. Also, mbketan, using '-f' is perhaps better that using '-s' in this case, as the OP may also want to test for empty (zero byte) files.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
for file in *; do
[[ -f $file ]] && echo $file is a regular file
done

Wait a minute, it seems that the OP wants to test for a list of filenames that (s)he already has. In that case, do this:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
for file in $@; do
[[ -f $file ]] && echo $file exists
done