11-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by
anurag.singh
When there are new_* files in a directory, * wildcard is being expanded and so file names are being passed in for loop as value of i.
When there is no file of type new_*, * wildcard is not expanded and so new_* is passed as it is in the for loop.
All is that, this for loop will execute atlest once, either for actual files ( if present) or for new_*
Ah. Thanks for the clarification. I conceived a work around was to add a if test -f argument inside the loop to make sure it is a real file before trying to move it but I'd prefer to avoid the situation entirely. Is that possible?
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Thanks for cleaning up my post Scott. Sorry it was a little sloppy.
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