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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting If doc file exist remove Post 302286676 by handband2 on Wednesday 11th of February 2009 05:37:29 PM
Old 02-11-2009
If doc file exist remove
I need help running a script. I have the script looking into a folder and converting .doc files to .odt. The script works fine except that I want it to only run when .doc files are present. If I can do this then I can put .xls files and .ppt files in the folder and convert them when they are detected.

This is what I currently have:
Code:
#! /bin/bash
for file in *.doc
    do
    if [ -e "*.doc" ]
        then
        mkdir ./ODT
        python /opt/DocumentConverter/DocumentConverter.py "${file}" "${file}".odt
        for i in *.odt; do j=`echo $i | sed 's/doc.odt/odt/g'`; mv "$i" ./ODT/"$j"; done
    fi   
done

Thanks!
 

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