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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers tar & Grep together Post 302110805 by tom123 on Thursday 15th of March 2007 12:15:22 PM
Old 03-15-2007
Yet more problems!

I'm trying to check if there are any files in current directory to unzip.
If not, then it should exit.

Code:
# Make sure there are files to unzip
if [ ls -l *"$extension" | wc -l > 0 ] ; then
  echo "\nUnzipping files, please wait..."
  gunzip *"$extension"
else
  echo "\nThere are no files to unzip in this directory!\n\n"
  exit 0
fi

Following output is produced:

Code:
What is the zip file extension? (tgz, zip, etc...)
tgz
./results.sh: test: ] missing
wc: cannot open ]

There are no files to unzip in this directory!

It seems to work, but what is the test : ] missing all about?

Thanks In Advance
 

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zipsplit

zipnote(1)						      General Commands Manual							zipnote(1)

NAME

       zipsplit - split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles

SYNOPSIS

       zipsplit [-t] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-n size] [-r room] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile

ARGUMENTS

       zipfile	Zipfile to split.

OPTIONS

       -t     Report how many files it will take, but don't make them.

       -i     Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file.

       -n size
	      Make zip files no larger than "size" (default = 36000).

       -r room
	      Leave room for "room" bytes on the first disk (default = 0).

       -b path
	      Use path for the output zip files.

       -p     Pause between output zip files.

       -s     Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files.

       -h     Show a short help.

       -v     Show version information.

       -L     Show software license.

DESCRIPTION

       zipsplit reads a zipfile and splits it into smaller zipfiles.

EXAMPLES

       To be filled in.

BUGS

       Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.

SEE ALSO

       zip(1), unzip(1)

AUTHOR

       Info-ZIP

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