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Old 02-02-2011
The corrections I proposed in post #33 were the correct syntax for redirecting the error channel.
Unfortunately the alternative suggestion in post #35 has been applied to the script and the redirection of the error channel is incorrect and is affecting the way the script behaves.
It's all about where the "2>/dev/null" is on the line. It needs to immediately follow the command (in this case "ls").

Quote:
if [ $((ls $i.* | wc -l) 2>/dev/null) -gt 1 ]
filename=$((ls $i.*) 2>/dev/null)
filename2=$((ls *Fe.ok | tail -1) 2>/dev/null)
Also there are too many brackets. We should be evaluating $(command) not the arithmetic syntax $((command)) .
Code:
if [ $(ls $i.* 2>/dev/null| wc -l) -gt 1 ]
filename=$(ls $i.* 2>/dev/null)
filename2=$(ls *Fe.ok 2>/dev/null| tail -1)
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