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# 1  
Old 10-30-2009
Shell script to check numbers!
Hello All,

I have 3 types of files. The names of which starts with P,I,M

like P*********
D*********
M*********

now I need to do some operations witht hese files..

so

Code:
if file name starts with P or p
then
 
do the operation for P file...
 
fi
else
if file name starts with I or i
then
 
do the operation for I file...
 
fi
else
if file name starts with M or m
then
 
do the operation for M file...
 
fi

please help me in doing so..

input is file name... which is case sensitive.. and after P or I or M everything is numbers..like P12345 etc...

waiting for ur reply
# 2  
Old 10-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by smarty86
input is file name ... which is case sensitive
Code:
case "${FILENAME:0:1}" in
"I"|"i")
  # do something
;;
"M"|"m")
  # do something
;;
"P"|"p")
  # do something
;;
esac

# 3  
Old 10-30-2009
if i use case then i have to write whole thing inside that only.. but i need to use it manier times...

so please tell me how can i check with if statement!
# 4  
Old 10-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by smarty86
if i use case then i have to write whole thing inside that only.. but i need to use it manier times...

so please tell me how can i check with if statement!
With the solution above and the link below you should be able to try it out for yourself.

Test Constructs

Regards
# 5  
Old 10-30-2009
using if and [] expansion
Code:
if [[ "${FILENAME:0:1}" = [Ii] ]]
then do something
elif [[ "${FILENAME:0:1}" = [Mm] ]]
then do something
elif [[ "${FILENAME:0:1}" = [Pp] ]]
then do something
fi

but using case is cleaner.
Or explain more precisely what you want to do, maybe one can find the optimal code for doing so.
# 6  
Old 11-01-2009
using if and [] expansion
HI,

Please check this code , this may help you,
Code:
!#/us/bin/ksh

ls -1 P* >Pfile.lst
ls -1 D* >Dfile.lst
ls -1 R* >Rfile.lst

while read P D R
do
if [ -s "$P" ] then
--
fi
if [ -s  "$D" ] then
-----
fi
if [-s "$R" ] then
-----
fi
done < Pfile.lst Dfile.lst Rfile.lst

Last edited by pludi; 11-01-2009 at 09:29 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 7  
Old 11-01-2009
There is no need for the non-posix substring operation, nor the quoting. Simply:

Code:
case $FILENAME in
  I*|i*) i-operation ;;
  M*|m*) m-operation ;;
  P*|p*) p-operation ;;
esac

-or-
Code:
case $FILENAME in
  [Ii]*) i-operation ;;
  [Mm]*) m-operation ;;
  [Pp]*) p-operation ;;
esac

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-01-2009 at 04:40 AM..
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