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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Getting file count in a variable Post 302903349 by Don Cragun on Tuesday 27th of May 2014 04:57:28 AM

05-27-2014

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Quote:

Originally Posted by swasid

Here is the output from ls /temp/sample_*|od -cb

Code:

0000000    /   t   e   m   p   /   s   a   m   p   l   e   _   a   a   _   t
         057 164  145 155 160 057 163 141 155 160 154 145 137 141 141 137 164
0000020    e   s   t  \n   /   t   e    m   p   /   s   a   m   p   l   e   _
         145 163 164 012 057 164  145  155 160 057 163 141 155 160 154 145 137
0000040    b   b   _   t   e   s   t  \n   /   t   e   m   p   /   s   a   m
         142 142 137 164 145 163 164 012 057 164  145 155 160 057 163 141 155
0000060    p   l   e   _   c   c   _   t   e   s   t  \n   /   t   e   m   p
         160 154 145 137 143 143 137 164 145 163 164 012 057 164  145 155 160
0000100    /   s   a   m   p   l   e   _   d   d   _   t   e   s   t  \n
         057 163 141 155 160 154 145 137 144 144 137 164 145 163 164 012
0000120

Pls let me know what can be inferred from the above

We have now determined that there are no spaces, tabs, or carriage return characters at the ends of the filenames and that there are no embedded control characters in the middle of the filenames.

What operating system are you using?

What shell are you using?

What do you get when you run the updated script:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
set -xv
cd /temp    # This was actually /tmp
fcnt=0
for i in aa bb cc dd
do      if [ -e "sample_${i}_test" ]
        then    fcnt=$((fcnt + 1))
        else    echo "sample_${i}_test missing"
        fi
done
if [ $fcnt -eq 4 ]
then    echo "There are $fcnt files present in /temp"
else    echo "There are only $fcnt files present in /temp; try again later."
        exit 1
fi
echo 'Continue processing...'

What did you mean by the comment shown in red above? Are these files in /temp or in /tmp?

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