CSH - finding files with the same file extension

amnesiaiom · #1 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008

Hey,

I'm having a problem finding out if a directory holds any files with a certain file extension, for example .txt.

I have tried:

HTML Code:

if (! -e "*.txt")

and I've tried:

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set FILES=`ls *`

        echo "Found $FILES"

        foreach FILE ($FILES)
		
if($FILE == "*.txt")

And neither of these work... any ideas? Your help is much appreciated!!

Dave Miller · #2 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008

Are you looking for the file names, or just want to know if there is at least one file with the .txt extension?

Maybe there's a better way, and mind you I'm using KSH, but here's what I'd do:

count=`ls /path/*.txt | grep -c txt`

amnesiaiom · #3 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008

I am trying to check if there is a txt file within a directory, and if ther is I need to do one thing, and if there isn't I need to do something else.

I have tried the code sample and it works I can now use the returning value within a variable and compare this in an if statement.

Thank you for your help!

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