I this case your -f may work:
But it must be clear in your mind that the test tested ONE file that matched...
It will understand the variable $file* as one filename
So trust Corona688, if this happens to work, it only because it tested one file! And so will not solve your problem if you want to test for multiple files, it is more a question of what you are trying to achive Here the presence of one file suffice to fullfill the condition, therefore you will never know if you had more than one, I would answer like Corona688:
For multiple files file test operators are not to be used( unless of course you use a loop...)
Hi there,
I have written a script called "compare" (see below) to make comparison between 2 files namely test_put.log and Output_A0.log
#!/bin/ksh
while read file
do
found="no"
while read line
do
echo $line | grep $file > /dev/null
if
then
echo $file found
found="yes"
break
fi... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I would like to perform bash which would check the file A.txt to be size 0 or not. If the size is 0, I would copy file B.txt to replace A.txt.
Please help.
Thanks.
-Jason (6 Replies)
In a directory a number of files named res0.om res1.om ... resN.om
where N can be any unknown number between 1 and 999
Please help me filling out the gaps in the following csh script:
I need to delete all files exept res0.om The easy way is
rm res1*
rm res2*
rm res3*
rm res4*... (5 Replies)
Hi,
i am having a directory in which files are having space in the name .
$ls -1
aa b.txt
my file.pdf
lost file.csv
foo_file.txti want to copy those file to some where with date +%F as extension . But it failed for the file having space.
#!/bin/sh
ls -1 >tt
for var in `cat tt`
do
b=$var... (2 Replies)
I have the following data stored in a file.
1 /home/file13 /home/file2
2 /home/file41 /home/file654
3 /home/file61 /home/file45
4 /home/file81 /home/file43
...
I want to print the first column provided the files represented by the second and third column exist.
How to do that? (3 Replies)
I want to check if some directories with common prefix exist under current directory with bash, say, I have dictories like:
dirct_1
dirct_2
dirct_3
...
in the current directory. I did:
if
then
echo " directories exist "
else
echo " directories not exist "
fi (3 Replies)
I am trying to add some code to the begging of a script so that it will remove all the .transcript files, when their is no coressponding .wav file. But it doesnt work.
This is the code I have added:
for transcriptfile in `$voicemaildir/*.transcript`; do
wavfile=`echo $transcriptfile | cut -d'.'... (2 Replies)
I need to create multiple directories if those directories do not exist already. How would you go by doing this.
What I have so far.
array=(one two three)
for I in ${array}
do
if ]
then
mkdir ${I}
fi
doneI have a good feeling this is done incorrectly. The error I am... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Thanks in Advance
I wrote the following code
if
then
echo "version is 1.1"
for i in "subscriber promplan mapping dedicatedaccount faflistSub faflistAcc accumulator pam_account"
do
FILE="SDP_DUMP_$i.csv"
echo "$FILE"
... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
Whenever i get 10 files(file names like sales*) then another file need to create.
May i know how to implement this in KSH. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: siddireddy
4 Replies
LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
test
test(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands test(1B)NAME
test - condition evaluation command
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/test expression
expression
DESCRIPTION
test evaluates the expression expression and, if its value is true, sets 0 (true) exit status; otherwise, a non-zero (false) exit status
is set. test also sets a non-zero exit status if there are no arguments. When permissions are tested, the effective user ID of the process
is used.
All operators, flags, and brackets (brackets used as shown in the second SYNOPSIS line) must be separate arguments to the test command;
normally these items are separated by spaces.
USAGE
Primitives
The following primitives are used to construct expression:
-r filename True if filename exists and is readable.
-w filename True if filename exists and is writable.
-x filename True if filename exists and is executable.
-f filename True if filename exists and is a regular file. Alternatively, if /usr/bin/sh users specify /usr/ucb before /usr/bin in
their PATH environment variable, then test will return true if filename exists and is (not-a-directory). This is also the
default for /usr/bin/csh users.
-d filename True if filename exists and is a directory.
-c filename True if filename exists and is a character special file.
-b filename True if filename exists and is a block special file.
-p filename True if filename exists and is a named pipe (fifo).
-u filename True if filename exists and its set-user- ID bit is set.
-g filename True if filename exists and its set-group- ID bit is set.
-k filename True if filename exists and its sticky bit is set.
-s filename True if filename exists and has a size greater than zero.
-t[ fildes ] True if the open file whose file descriptor number is fildes (1 by default) is associated with a terminal device.
-z s1 True if the length of string s1 is zero.
-n s1 True if the length of the string s1 is non-zero.
s1 = s2 True if strings s1 and s2 are identical.
s1 != s2 True if strings s1 and s2 are not identical.
s1 True if s1 is not the null string.
n1 -eq n2 True if the integers n1 and n2 are algebraically equal. Any of the comparisons -ne, -gt, -ge, -lt, and -le may be used in
place of -eq.
Operators
These primaries may be combined with the following operators:
! Unary negation operator.
-a Binary and operator.
-o Binary or operator (-a has higher precedence than -o).
(expression) Parentheses for grouping. Notice also that parentheses are meaningful to the shell and, therefore, must be quoted.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO find(1), sh(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The not-a-directory alternative to the -f option is a transition aid for BSD applications and may not be supported in future releases.
If you test a file you own (the -r , -w , or -x tests), but the permission tested does not have the owner bit set, a non-zero (false) exit
status will be returned even though the file may have the group or other bit set for that permission. The correct exit status will be set
if you are super-user.
The = and != operators have a higher precedence than the -r through -n operators, and = and != always expect arguments; therefore, = and !=
cannot be used with the -r through -n operators.
If more than one argument follows the -r through -n operators, only the first argument is examined; the others are ignored, unless a -a or
a -o is the second argument.
SunOS 5.10 1 Apr 1996 test(1B)