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# 1  
Old 05-28-2009
How to Check whether list file present in TXT file exist or not
Hi All,

I have txt file which has list of files. I have to check whether these files exist or not.

Thanks
supriya
# 2  
Old 05-28-2009
Read the txt file and traverse through the file using for loop and attach this condition for existence of the file.

Code:
if [ -r filename ]; then

# 3  
Old 05-28-2009
Can you please provide me the full code plz for reading and traversing also as i am failing over there

Thanks
Supriya
# 4  
Old 05-28-2009
Please try it out yourself its not so difficult.

And if still not successful I give it
# 5  
Old 05-28-2009
for i in $1
do
if [ ! -f $i ]; then
let countValue=1
fi
done
This is the code i am using and it is not working. where $1 is my txt file name

Thanks
Supriya
# 6  
Old 05-28-2009
sample code

Code:
TESTBOX>

ip=$1
for i in `cat "$ip"`
do
if [ -r $i ]; then
echo "file $i exists"
else
echo "file $i doe n't exists"
fi
done

# 7  
Old 05-28-2009
Thanks. It worked
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