checking file existence

DILEEP410 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007

Hi,

My requirement was to check the existence of a file having a specified pattern.The way i tried to achieve this was

if [ -f ilvs_trace*.`date +'%m%d'` ]; then

echo "File found"
fi

an example file having this pattern was 'ilvs_trace01.0124'.

it will vary from 01-22,thats why i tried the above one using wildcard.

Would anyone can provide me a solution for this in the way i expects.

Your help is appreciated.

anbu23 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007

Do you want to display all the files with that specific pattern?
Then use for loop like this

Code:

for i in ilvs_trace*.`date +'%m%d'`
do
	echo $i
done

becket · #3 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007

if [ $line != $( echo $line |sed s/'ilvs_trace[0-2]\{0,2\}\.[0-9]\{0,4\}'/REGEXP/ ]
then
echo "File Found"
fi

MizzGail · #4 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007

filelist=`ls directory| grep ilvs_trace`
for q in $filelist
do
echo "file found" $q
done

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