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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Test file script - if evaluation failing Post 302819119 by viallos on Monday 10th of June 2013 11:12:58 AM
Old 06-10-2013
Test file script - if evaluation failing
I have a following script to evaluate if file exist in the directory and then archive it.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
 
#master directory
scriptdir="/flex/sh/interfaces" #change this path only - all other paths are connected with it
filedir="/flex/interfaces" #change this path only - all other paths are connected with it
#files directory
outputdir="${filedir}/correspondence/outgoing"
outputarchdir="${filedir}/correspondence/outgoing_archive"
#files
output_file="${outputdir}/if_flex_Output.All_*"
Archive_file()
{
#rename original output corp correspondence file and move to archive output directory
cd $outputdir
echo $output_file
echo $outputdir
echo $outputarchdir
#mv $output_file $outputarchdir
if [[ -e $output_file ]]; then
mv $output_file $outputarchdir
printf "Original output corp correspondence file archived\n"
else
printf "Unable to archive original output corp correspondence file\n"
exit 1
fi
}
 
Archive_file

I knew the file name before and used it number of times for different files and it worked but never tried to match filename with 'star' at the end like in this line:

Code:
 
output_file="${outputdir}/if_flex_Output.All_*"

Now I don't know exact file name and I think * cause some issues in if evaluation.

File in directory is called 'if_flex_Output.All_20130405_132723"

Every time I run scrip I'm getting 'Unable to archive original output corp correspondence file'

When I moved
Code:
 
mv $output_file $outputarchdir

above if statement it works fine.

Any idea why??
 

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