Can I find wether a particular file exist and size greater than zero in one line command.
similar to this
if &&
something in one if test .... e.g. if
1.) is it possible ? ... if yes how
2.) what would be the return type in case there is success or failure. I mean if both are... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I have the following problem. I know there is a file somewhere on a UNIX machine that contains a string, but I don't know where.
With the "grep" command, I can look into a file but only if I'm located in the correct directory.
With the "find" command, I can search across directories... (2 Replies)
I need to find whether there is a file named vijay is there or not in folder named "opt" .I tried "ls *|grep vijay" but it showed permission problem.
so i need to use find command (6 Replies)
Hello fellow UNIX fans,
I'm running AIX 4.3 and getting an error message “cp: /a/file2.db: A file or directory in the path does not exist” when I run the following command:
cp /b/file.db /a/file2.db
It stops every time about 95% of the way through the copy process at 1,073,741,312 bits. ... (3 Replies)
HI folks,
can any one tell me how to check whether the file is existed in a directory or not .
let me tell you my requirement : if the file is existed i should display a one message or else i have to send a mail ..
i have the mail logic .. but I'm failed to check file existence .. please... (5 Replies)
Hello,
i want to script on sh to check from a path if the directory exist and isn't empty.
I explain:
path is : /aaa/bbb/ccc/ccc_name/ddd/
Where the cccc_name is in a list, so i think it's $1
My command
find -name /aaa/bbb/ccc/$1/ddd/ didn't work because my $1 is the same and not... (5 Replies)
I'm brand new to AIX and I looked up how to print this file and it was working but now I'm not able to do it all of a sudden. the file name is rom1.txt so this is what i wrote in the command line and I know I'm in the right directory. In bold is what I seem to be messing up with.
prod @ root... (3 Replies)
How to get a file 'zlib.h' in an entire directory with an excluded directory specified lives under that starting directory by using find command, as it failed on:
$ find . -name 'zlib.h' -a -ipath 'CHROME.TMP' -prune -o -print
it'll just list entirely up (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: abdulbadii
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
test::dir
Test::Dir(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::Dir(3pm)NAME
Test::Dir - test directory attributes
SYNOPSIS
use Test::More ...;
use Test::Dir;
DESCRIPTION
This modules provides a collection of test utilities for directory attributes. Use it in combination with Test::More in your test
programs.
FUNCTIONS
dir_exists_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory exists, and not ok otherwise.
dir_not_exists_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory does not exist, and not ok otherwise.
dir_empty_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is empty (contains no files or subdirectories), and not ok otherwise.
dir_not_empty_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is not empty, and not ok otherwise.
dir_readable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is readable, and not ok otherwise.
dir_not_readable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is not readable, and not ok otherwise.
dir_writable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is writable, and not ok otherwise.
dir_not_writable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is not writable, and not ok otherwise.
dir_executable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is executable, and not ok otherwise.
dir_not_executable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the directory is not executable, and not ok otherwise.
TO DO
I know there are a lot more directory attributes that can be tested. If you need them, please ask (or better yet, contribute code!).
AUTHOR
Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn, "mthurn at cpan.org", <http://tinyurl.com/nn67z>.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-test-dir at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Dir>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Test::Dir
You can also look for information at:
o RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Test-Dir>
o AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Test-Dir>
o CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Test-Dir>
o Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Dir>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.10.1 2011-03-05 Test::Dir(3pm)