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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Simple file checking script Post 302098239 by _Spare_Ribs_ on Friday 1st of December 2006 12:11:04 PM
Old 12-01-2006
Simple file checking script
Hi,

I have a really, what I hope is, simple question.

I'm looking for a simple way to see whether a file exists or not and then perform an action based on whether it exists or not. An example of what I tried is as follows:

Code:
if [ "ls /etc/init.d/ | grep mysql" = "mysql" ]
  then {
    echo "File mysql exists"
    some_other_commands_might_go_here;
  }
else {
  echo "File mysql does not exist"
  something_else_to_do_goes_here;
}
fi

Thing is, this doesn't work, so is it something to do with my syntax, or am I just being stupid? Or perhaps a bit of both?

Regards,

Paulo
 

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