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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting can't TEST multiple arguments for a file Post 90430 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 03:08:41 PM
Old 11-22-2005
I think you want:

Code:
if  [[ -x  "$1" && -s "$1" ]] ; then
    echo "true"
else
    echo "false"
fi

 

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apc_inc - Increase a stored number

SYNOPSIS
int apc_inc (string $key, [int $step = 1], [bool &$success]) DESCRIPTION
Increases a stored number. PARAMETERS
o $key - The key of the value being increased. o $step - The step, or value to increase. o $success - Optionally pass the success or fail boolean value to this referenced variable. RETURN VALUES
Returns the current value of $key's value on success, or FALSE on failure EXAMPLES
Example #1 apc_inc(3) example <?php echo "Let's do something with success", PHP_EOL; apc_store('anumber', 42); echo apc_fetch('anumber'), PHP_EOL; echo apc_inc('anumber'), PHP_EOL; echo apc_inc('anumber', 10), PHP_EOL; echo apc_inc('anumber', 10, $success), PHP_EOL; var_dump($success); echo "Now, let's fail", PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL; apc_store('astring', 'foo'); $ret = apc_inc('astring', 1, $fail); var_dump($ret); var_dump($fail); ?> The above example will output something similar to: 42 43 53 63 bool(true) Now, let's fail bool(false) bool(false) SEE ALSO
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