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# 8  
Old 02-05-2015
Sometimes reading the title on top of the post contents proves to be helpful...
# 9  
Old 02-05-2015
Hi Scrutinizer
We are using Linux / KSH93.
The script is invoked during a batch job. The batch ID has ksh as the default and the start of the script also has #!/usr/bin/ksh -x
Cheers
# 10  
Old 02-05-2015
But how precisely is the script called by the batch ID?
Do you also set the FileDir and triggers variables on the command line?
Have you checked whether there are any files in that particular directory, as others have suggested?
Also try using:
Code:
ls "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}

# 11  
Old 02-06-2015
Cheers Scrutinizer that did help. With the doubel quotes it did manage to expand out the three different filename qualifiers. Trouble is now it says 'name too long' !
I think I'll just split this into three seperate commands and cat them together.
Cheers for help
# 12  
Old 02-07-2015
Hi Grueben, Instead of
Code:
ls "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}

You could try:
Code:
exists() {
  [ -e "$1" ]
}

if exists "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}; then
  printf "%s\n" "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}
fi

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