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# 1  
Old 01-20-2017
Tools Too many arguments error
Here's my code.

Code:
     21 if [ -f addr*.tmp ]; then
     22
     23 ls addr*.tmp | while IFS= read -r entry; do           # Starts Reading .cfg files one by one ...
     24 echo $entry

I get the below error at line number 21

Code:
line 21: [: too many arguments

Can you tell me how can i alter my code to avoid the error ?
# 2  
Old 01-20-2017
Maybe like this:

Code:
set addr*.tmp
if [ -f "$1" ]; then 
   echo "got at least one addr*.tmp file"
fi

Or better...

Code:
for tmpfile addr*.tmp ; do
   if [ -f "$tmpfile" ]; then 
   echo "got at least one addr*.tmp file"
   fi
   break
done

if there is no file matching the pattern, the pattern stays as written and when tested, no file exists with that pattern.
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# 3  
Old 01-20-2017
-f only accepts one argument, when there's two or more matching files that causes a syntax error.

The code above can work but beware that set will change your commandline parameters (unless done inside a function).
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# 4  
Old 01-20-2017
A BIG thank you and resolved
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