Here's a simple example but understand testing for size also tests for file existence. use "-f" to just test if a file exists.
Read up on the manual page for test (the '[' character is a shortcut for the test command):
Last edited by gary_w; 04-18-2012 at 04:55 PM..
Reason: edit to work in bash
We have data files that are ftp'd every morning to a SUN server. The file names are exactly the same except for that each has the date included in its name. I have to write script to do 2 things:
STEP 1) Verify that the file arrived in morning.
STEP 2) Compare the file size of the current... (3 Replies)
I'd like a bash script to simply check to see if any file/files are present in a source directory, and if so move it/them to a target directory.
I have this but it doesn't work:
#!/bin/bash
if
then
mv /source/* /target
fi
What is the right syntax? Thanks! (4 Replies)
Hi, for an exercise I need to write a script that will ask the user about each package in a (local) repository and install it or not according to the user's input.
I am fairly new to scripting, so I did not get very far. Here is what I came up with. I really appreciate your help.
... (1 Reply)
guys,
I am trying to write a script that does the following:
it looks for a file in a specific directory and if the file is not there (NOT), it emails me. I have tried the following but its not working. It simply hangs up. Please help.
if
then
mail -s 'blah blah blah' my email... (4 Replies)
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 am trying to write a script which checks if any file exists with "*.log" or "*.out" in Directory
below is the code
#------------------
path=/abd/xyz/
if ; then
echo "Good"
else
echo "Failure"
fi
#--------------------------
its always going to else part and printing... (8 Replies)
basically im trying to make this work in a bash shell script without using if statements
if
then
echo testfile exists!
fi
what it does is check if the file exists or not
i have this line but its not working, it checks if the testfile exists if it doesnt it 2> to the dev null... (3 Replies)
Hello all,
I am currently writing a script to send files to a server over sftp. When the sftp put command succeeds it wil preform a local move from within the sftp shell to another folder (this is done so when the script is rerun no doubles will be sent).
therefore i had following sollution
... (32 Replies)
I'm looking to do pretty much what the title says.
I want a script that runs, it can run on Unix or Windows, doesn't matter, and searches a Samba shares for a .txt file.
If the file exists, the script will move (or possibly copy) the file from the Samba share into a directory on our Unix... (3 Replies)
Hi !
I have a problem with an if/else statement in bash.
I want to check if the file exists before running a task (for example here, counting lines), and if not I need to create an empty output file
if
then
wc -l input.tab > output.temp
else
>output.temp
fi
The problem is even if the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: beca123456
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set_editor($code)
Sets the subroutine that Prophet should use instead of "Prophet::CLI::Command::edit_text" (as this routine invokes an interactive editor)
to $code.
set_editor_script SCRIPT
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in_gladiator($code)
Run the given code using Devel::Gladiator.
repo_path_for($username)
Returns a path on disk for where $username's replica is stored.
repo_uri_for($username)
Returns a file:// URI for $USERNAME'S replica (with the correct replica type prefix).
replica_uuid
Returns the UUID of the test replica.
database_uuid
Returns the UUID of the test database.
replica_last_rev
Returns the sequence number of the last change in the test replica.
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Run this code block as $username. This routine sets up the %ENV hash so that when we go looking for a repository, we get the user's repo.
replica_uuid_for($username)
Returns the UUID of the given user's test replica.
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Returns the UUID of the given user's test database.
ok_added_revisions( { CODE }, $numbers_of_new_revisions, $msg)
Checks that the given code block adds the given number of changes to the test replica. $msg is optional and will be printed with the test
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Returns a simple, serialized version of a Prophet::Conflict object suitable for comparison in tests.
The serialized version is a hash reference containing the following keys:
meta => { original_source_uuid => 'source_replica_uuid' }
records => { 'record_uuid' =>
{ change_type => 'type',
props => { propchange_name => { source_old => 'old_val',
source_new => 'new_val',
target_old => 'target_val',
}
}
},
'another_record_uuid' =>
{ change_type => 'type',
props => { propchange_name => { source_old => 'old_val',
source_new => 'new_val',
target_old => 'target_val',
}
}
},
}
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