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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting check if multiple folders exist Post 302554792 by cristalp on Tuesday 13th of September 2011 05:29:39 AM
Old 09-13-2011
check if multiple folders exist
I want to check if some directories with common prefix exist under current directory with bash, say, I have dictories like:
Code:
dirct_1
dirct_2
dirct_3
...

in the current directory. I did:
Code:
if [ -d dirct* ] 

then
echo " directories exist "

else 
echo " directories not exist "

fi

However, it returns me:
Code:
[: too many arguments

Then I tried to count the lines of ls output with:
Code:
DIR=$(ls ./dirct*> /dev/null | wc -l)
if [ "$DIR" != "0" ]
...
else
...

However, as I do not have the /dev/null in my ubuntu 10.04 system. I can not send the line
Code:
ls: cannot access ./dirct*: No such file or directory

to the null. So if there is no dirct* directory existing, there will be a trouble.


So, How could I avoid these problem?

Many Thanks!

Cristalp
 

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