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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting check existence of files in a folder Post 302571546 by cfajohnson on Monday 7th of November 2011 04:39:58 PM
Old 11-07-2011
Code:
is_file()
{
  for _file
  do
    [ -f "$_file" ] && return
  done
  return 1
}

if is_file /path/to/dir/The_File_*
then
  echo "File found"
else
  echo "No files"
fi

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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OPTIONS

       Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

       The default settings for this command are:

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DESCRIPTION

       The rmm command deletes the current message from the current folder.

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