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Old 06-02-2011
if -e option means

Hi,
iam working with the existing script which consist of if condition

if [ -e ${v_ctlFile} ]
then
rm ${v_ctlFile}
touch ${v_ctlFile}
fi


what is the significant of -e there in the if statement.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Chandu.
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Old 06-02-2011
exists, see man test
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