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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Simple If then statement Post 302435951 by Dallasbr on Thursday 8th of July 2010 04:13:21 PM
Old 07-08-2010
Simple If then statement
Hello,

I have never actually created a bash script but thought I would give it a try and got hung up fast.(stupid noob). In the script I have parsed a xml file to get a bunch of file prefixs out. I am then going to check a folder to determine if a file with the correct prefix exists.

All the prefixs are stored in the variable HouseNums. $LolaLoc is the folder I am searching. I am trying to get this statement to comeback with the actual line from the ls search if a file is found but it is echoing $h whether i use = or !=. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Code:
for h in $HouseNums
do
	if [$(ls -R "$LolaLoc" | grep $h*) != ""]; then
		echo $h
	fi
done


Thank you
Dallas
Last edited by joeyg; 07-08-2010 at 05:17 PM.. Reason: added codetags
 

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