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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers explanation for "if [ -s $filename ];" Post 302151248 by andryk on Friday 14th of December 2007 03:52:04 AM
Old 12-14-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by ganapati
Hi all,

Can any one explain me what the below 'if' statement checking for?

if [ ! -s $filename]; then
do something
fi

Iam aware of the remaining options like -z, -r, -w, -x etc., with 'if' statement, but I dont know about '-s' Smilie.

Thanks in advance,
Mysore 101 Ganapati.
That means if !(file exists and not empty) Smilie
Im pretty sure you did know that Smilie

Last edited by andryk; 12-14-2007 at 07:41 AM..
 

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XATTR(1)                                                      General Commands Manual                                                     XATTR(1)

NAME
xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory SYNOPSIS
xattr [ -lz ] filename [ filename ... ] xattr -p [ -lz ] attr_name filename [ filename ... ] xattr -w [ -z ] attr_name attr_value filename [ filename ... ] xattr -d attr_name filename [ filename ... ] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the xattr command. The first form lists the names of all xattrs on the given file(s). The second form (-p) prints the value of the xattr attr_name. The third form (-w) sets the value of the xattr attr_name to attr_value. The fourth form (-d) deletes the xattr attr_name. OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below. -h Show summary of options. -l Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs. -z Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format). SEE ALSO
The Python module "xattr" AUTHOR
xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>. This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). May 8, 2010 XATTR(1)
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