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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to check if the file exists or not in the directory.
i am trying below code but not working.
File="/home/va59657/Account_20090213*.dat"
echo "$File"
if ]; then
echo "file found"
else
echo "file not found"
fi
However i am getting file not found even if file exits as... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vivekit82
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
#Testing for file existence
if ; then
echo 'SCHOOL data is available for processing'
else
echo 'SCHOOL DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING'
:
i wrote a script, where it begins by checking if file exists or not.
If it exists, it truncates the database... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rxg
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guy’s,
I have this simple PERL code which checks whether the file exists . At the moment I am getting the following error
This is the code I am using
#!/usr/bin/perl
Open (F, "home/work/PerlWork/dataFile") or die "Could not open the file:$!\";
Also how can I read the content of... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: INHF
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to write a script to see if various files exist. What I want to do is have the script search in various directories if a file exist, and if not, then output something like "/path/file does not exist". I don't actually know of how to check and see if a file exists or not. What I have in mind... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: astropi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi. I'd like to have an IF-Then-Else statement where I can check to see if a file exists? We have the Bourne Shell by default. I'm looking for the syntax to do something like this:
if myfile.txt exists then
...my code
else
...my code
end if
Any help would be greatly... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: buechler66
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have a script that uploads a file from local to remote place using ftp. The problem is that, if on remote host there is a file called the same as the one I want to upload, the ftp program overrides that file. But I don't want to override nothing (even if the remote file is older,... (3 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to initiate a ftp session from my shell script in the following way.
In my script, as per my requirements i am writing the required ftp commands to a file and then I am using this file to carry out the ftp process.
for example
temp.txt will contain
cd /home/user/mydir
append... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: anijan
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to create a script that checks if a file exists on an offsite server
which only has ftp enabled. I was originally going to use perls Net::FTP
class but the client does not have perl installed nor wants it.
So, I have to use a shell script which logs into the server, then ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gseyforth
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
The FTP perl module does not have any function which checks if the file downloaded is of size 0. Is there any way in perl to check while getting the files through FTP?
Sometimes, there might be a problem with FTP and the downloaded file maybe of size 0. Hence, I would like to FTP that file... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rahulrathod
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
this is my question
i have my script what have to verify the existence of a .ZIP file in a extern server (using ftp). if there are .ZIP files, the idea is what the script "unzip" them in the specified folder.
THE PROBLEM IS what the script doen´t unzip the .ZIP files, and besides, delete... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: DebianJ
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