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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Check if file exists or not Post 302889714 by Scrutinizer on Sunday 23rd of February 2014 12:00:40 PM
Old 02-23-2014
Try:
Code:
exists() {
  [ -e "$1" ]
}

if exists $File; then
  echo "found files with pattern $File"
fi


--
@Barry, what if there are multiple files?
 

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