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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Shell script file check throws [: too many arguments Post 303030324 by Dip on Friday 8th of February 2019 04:45:24 AM
Old 02-08-2019
Shell script file check throws [: too many arguments
While I am trying to check the filename/s in IF statement of a shell script (RedHat Linux 6) I am getting below error:

File check:

Code:
filename_time2=`date --date='yesterday' +%Y-%m-%d`
cd /location/of/the/files/to/copy

if [ -f server.log-$filename_time2* ]
then
                cp server.log-$filename_time2* ../archive/new
                echo Successfully copied
else
                echo No server log files present with timestamp $filename_time2
fi

Code:
This throws the error -        [: too many argument

Throws error when there are multiple files in the location. But when there is 1 file match in the location it is working fine.

I have already tried with below options :

Code:
if [ -f "server.log-$filename_time2*" ]
if [[ -f "server.log-$filename_time2*" ]]
if [[ -f server.log-$filename_time2* ]]

All the above cases it is not throwing error but it returns FALSE and executing the else block although the file is present in the location with timestamp

Could you please help me how I can use the if condition here to check whether the files are present in the location.

Thanks.
 

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script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a    Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.11							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)
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