Okay, I will admit that. You could:-
If there are no files, you get an error code and message from the ls command which you could choose to use or ignore.
say i would like to check if the file is existed before i use rm command. How can i do it?
i know if i can use find, but i would like to have a good interface (in a shell script)
thks (3 Replies)
Hello,
I want to check if some word exist or not on some file
By Example :
word is : nixcraft
file called : /root/shell.txt
and i want to check if nixcraft word exist on /root/shell.txt file with if statement or another tool
Any Ideas (5 Replies)
Hi
Does anybody know how I can check if a file exists
i.e. see bellow, this doesn't work by the way and if tried countless variations on this
file1=$one/file111.txt
if
then
echo "Present"
else
echo "Not present"
fi
result :
Not present
(file is already present, eventhough its... (3 Replies)
I have created two scripts, one with hardcoded and another one with extract from file instead of hardcoded,
script:1
--------
#!/bin/ksh
filename="$one/file1.dat"
if
then
echo "$filename has arrived." >> $logfile
else
echo "$filename has NOT yet arrived." >> $logfile
fi
:>
Result:... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to create a bash script which will check if file exist then remove that file else do nothing. I have to do same process for three files in same script. I have written code for one file and trying to run it.
if
then
rm -r /user1/abc/File1
fi
When I run this code it... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I created following script to check if file exist:
#!/bin/bash
SrcDir=$1
SrcFileName=$2
SrcTimePeriod=$3
if ;then
echo 1
else
echo 0
fi
I ran it like: /apps/Scripts/FileExist.sh /apps/Inbox file1 2nd_period_2010
Even file exist at that location, my above command is... (4 Replies)
HI folks,
can any one tell me how to check whether the file is existed in a directory or not .
let me tell you my requirement : if the file is existed i should display a one message or else i have to send a mail ..
i have the mail logic .. but I'm failed to check file existence .. please... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I've a situation where i need to check for the file existence and create a zero byte file based on the parameter,in some cases i need to touch and in some case i dont need to touch with zero byte file please help me on parameterizing this touch command??
Regards.
San (2 Replies)