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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with ksh Script not resolving '@' in ls command Post 302934455 by Scrutinizer on Saturday 7th of February 2015 09:13:00 AM
Old 02-07-2015
Hi Grueben, Instead of
Code:
ls "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}

You could try:
Code:
exists() {
  [ -e "$1" ]
}

if exists "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}; then
  printf "%s\n" "$FileDir/dir/subdir/"${triggers}
fi

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-08-2015 at 07:59 AM..
 

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suspend

suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

   ksh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

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