script to check for existence of file (or else sleep for x time)
Hi Forum.
I have a script that accepts 3 input parameters (source directory, list file text, sleep time) and checks for the presence of files. If not there, script goes to sleep for certain amount of time provided by 3rd input.
list file text contains 1 entry but may contain more (file prefix):
MF_FF
I cannot understand why my script is going to sleep even though the file exists.
Anyone can help me with my code and also ways to improve it?
Hi,
I would like to check the existence of files (doesn;t matter the number of files) in a directory.
My file is named in the following manner (always ending with " myfile "). Can anybody give me some guidance?
EG:
abc1_myfile
sdfr_myfile
sffgd_myfile
and so on ......
My... (9 Replies)
Hello
I am having a requirement like if there is no file in the directory then i need a message to pop on after the execution of the script.
My script basically does for File in `ls -t $DIRECTORY | tail -1`;
if there is no file the DIRECTORY then the script is simply exiting with out... (2 Replies)
I have requirement where i need to search for files which start with SALESORDER and PURCHASEORDER. i need to process the files with SALESORDER first and then PURCHASEORDER. If SALESORDER files are not there i dont want to process PURCHASEORDER and i want to come out of script. I have written a code... (4 Replies)
i want to check if the file is in the directory or not, and also it should be handle error conditions, like missing files and report the error and exit.
i did something like this:
file ="hello"
if !test -e "${file}"
then echo "No such files exist!"
exit 1
else
do something.......
fi
... (1 Reply)
I am using the following command to check for files on a Unix (Solaris 9) and on Linux:
if (-r *.) then
echo " las file found"
else
echo " no las file found"
endif
If no las file is present, the "no las file found" message is displayed. If a las file is present, however, I get... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I am a unix newbie. I need to write a script to check wheteher another script is still running. If it is, then sleep for 30m and then check again if the script is running. If the script has stopped running then, I need to come out of the loop.
I am using RHEL 5.2 (2 Replies)
I need to check for the existence of a file *.log in a specific directory using a perl script.
Presently am not in that particular directory.
So i am using chdir ("/path/to/my/file)
And then i am using the -e in an if statement to check if it exists.
if (-e $File) {......}
$File contains the... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am looking for a shell script with the following.
1. It should check whether a particular file exists in a location
#!/bin/sh
if ;
then
echo "xxx.txt File Exists"
else
echo "File Not Found"
fi
2. If file exists, it should check for the modified date and run a command... (2 Replies)
hi
i wanted to check if the file exist or not(multiple files)
DIRE=/home/V478
if ;
then
echo "file present"
else
echo "file not present"
fi
But i am getting the error as
: [: unexpected operator/operand (3 Replies)
Hello Folks,
On Below Script, I want to apply condition.
Condition that it check the directory for files if not found keep checking.
Once directory have files and founded do the calculation and finish the code.
Script to check the files existence inside a directory, If not then keep... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: sadique.manzar
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
sleep
sleep(1) User Commands sleep(1)NAME
sleep - suspend execution for an interval
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/sleep
/usr/bin/sleep time
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sleep time
DESCRIPTION
/usr/bin/sleep
sleep suspends execution for at least the integral number of seconds specified by time.
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sleep suspends execution for at least the time in seconds specified by time or until a SIGALRM signal is received.
OPERANDS
/usr/bin/sleep
The following operands are supported for /usr/bin/sleep:
time time in seconds can be specified as a non-negative decimal integer number.
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The following operands are supported:
time Specify time in seconds as a floating point number. The actual granularity depends on the underlying system, normally around 1 mil-
lisecond.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Suspending Command Execution
The following example executes a command after a certain amount of time:
example% (sleep 105; command)&
Example 2 Executing a Command Every So Often
The following example executes a command every so often:
example% while true
do
command
sleep 37
done
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of sleep: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 The execution was successfully suspended for at least time seconds, or a SIGALRM signal was received (see NOTES).
>0 An error has occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
/usr/bin/sleep
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Standard |See standards(5). |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Uncommitted |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh93(1), wait(1), alarm(2), sleep(3C), wait(3UCB), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)NOTES
If the sleep utility receives a SIGALRM signal, one of the following actions is taken:
o Terminate normally with a zero exit status.
o Effectively ignore the signal.
The sleep utility takes the standard action for all other signals.
SunOS 5.11 20 Nov 2007 sleep(1)