find does not return a non-zero when it finds no files, only when there is an error like EPERM or the directory does not exist. That's what POSIX says. You should use text output from the command to trigger the script.
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I have a requirement like, where a file gets generated in a particular dir and once the file is ready and available then I want to execute rest of the script, because untill and unless the file exists and is available there is no use of running rest of the commands in that script.
... (5 Replies)
Hello All,
I am trying to write a script that will only continue executing my script if a file exits. I know the directory of the file, so its just a matter of seeing if the file exists yet. If the file has not yet been created, I want the script to wait 10 minutes (600 seconds) and try again.... (7 Replies)
Hello,
I'm trying to do specific actions based on whether a string is contained within a file or not. More specifically, I'm using the $LOGIN variable to compare to a user_list plain text file to determine what auto login process to execute for the specific user.
I've seen several posts using... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
I am beginner in UNIX...I want to use unix shell script to create text.file...I know how to use using by command...can anybody tell me for the script?
Thanks
i changed the threads title from "tex file" to "text file", because "tex" would probably be misunderstood as reference to... (4 Replies)
I have a pattern for filename to be searched.
I need to get the files from remote server Who are matching the file pattern.
And i need to exit with non zero return code for:
1)No files found matching that pattern
2)More than one files matching the name pattern.
If only one files is... (1 Reply)
I am running the export command within a view to use that value inside my build script. But while executing it it is saying "export command not found"
My code is as follows:
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#!/bin/sh
user="test"
DIR="/bldtmp/"$user
VIEW="test.view1"
echo "TMPDIR before export... (4 Replies)
I'm facing issues in executing the bash script of mine. This script will pick the latest file received and connects SFTP server and files is placed on this remote server.
Error message
Enter password:
"File movement"
sftp> cd Test
sftp> put Test_File_201309.txt
File "Test_File_201309.txt"... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I have one shell script start.sh which executes another shell script test.sh something like below :test.sh -param1 -param2
In the test.sh there is one command for removing file:rm file1.bak
I want whenever I execute start.sh, it will execute test.sh and if it finds string rm... (7 Replies)
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hal-find-by-capability
HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1) General Commands Manual HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)NAME
hal-find-by-capability - find device objects by capability matching
SYNOPSIS
hal-find-by-capability [options]
DESCRIPTION
hal-get-capability finds device object in the HAL device database by looking at device capabilities. For more information about both the
big picture and specific HAL properties, refer to the HAL spec which can be found in /usr/share/doc/hal-doc/spec/hal-spec.html depending on
the distribution.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--capability
The name of the capability.
--verbose
Verbose output.
--help Print out usage.
--version
Print the version.
RETURN VALUE
If devices matching the given capability are found each UDI (Unique Device Identifier) is printed on stdout and the program exits with exit
code 0. If no devices are found or an error occured, the program exits with a non-zero exit code.
BUGS
Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the HAL mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal on how to
subscribe.
SEE ALSO hald(8), lshal(1), hal-set-property(1), hal-get-property(1), hal-find-by-property(1), dbus-send(1)AUTHOR
Written by David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk> with a lot of help from many others.
HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)