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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers testing if files exist Post 302184906 by skooly5 on Sunday 13th of April 2008 01:40:30 PM
Old 04-13-2008
when I run my program and enter 2 arguments at the command line it is not checking to see if the 2 arguments are files or not.

I have tried

if [ -f filename ]
elif [ -f $1 -o $2 ]

I guess I don't know how to make it so it uses the 2 arguments as filenames and then searches for them.
 

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GROG(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   GROG(1)

NAME
grog - guess options for groff command SYNOPSIS
grog [ -option ... ] [ files ... ] DESCRIPTION
grog reads files and guesses which of the groff(1) options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -mom, -ms, -mdoc, -mdoc-old, -p, -R, -g, -G, -s, and -t are required for printing files, and prints the groff command including those options on the standard output. A filename of - is taken to refer to the standard input. If no files are specified the standard input will be read. Any specified options will be included in the printed command. No space is allowed between options and their arguments. The only options recognized are -C (which is also passed on) to enable compatibility mode, and -v to print the version number. For example, `grog -Tdvi paper.ms` will guess the appropriate command to print paper.ms and then run it after adding the -Tdvi option. SEE ALSO
doctype(1), groff(1), troff(1), tbl(1), pic(1), eqn(1), refer(1), grn(1), grap(1), soelim(1) Groff Version 1.19.2 23 March 2013 GROG(1)
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