Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys,

I am sending the script i created..plzzz check it correct if any mistakes....

Plz reply early by today..

here i want to find the files based on date , if files are avaliable i want to send a mail to the user. here there are a total of 43 files. they are constant.

Here is the script..

Code:

#!/bin/sh
Date=$(date +"%y%m%d")
find /stage_area/loadfiles/telsims/test/ -type f -name "*$Date" -print > /tmp/testfile.txt

returncode=$? # check here is it right to use like this
if [ $returncode != 0 ]; then

echo " Files are not avaliable"
exit $?

else 

# Echo $?
temp=`cat /tmp/testfile.txt`
i = 0

for x in $temp
# echo $?
# Reads the test file and counts the number of lines ie associated to i. 
do
i =` expr $i + 1 ` # for each line i increments
#echo $?
done
if [ $i == 43 ]
then # checking the condition that all file are avaliable or not
echo "Files Avalaible You can Start Your Process Now" | mailx -s "File Found" xyz@domain.com
# If condition trues sends an email to the user.
rm -rf /tmp/testfile.txt # removing the test file.
break
fi
fi

Code:

exit $?

will always return zero because the previous command executed is echo.

Code:

for x in $temp

can be changed to for efficiency

Code:

cat /tmp/testfile.txt|while read x

Rest looks ok. I hope you have tested it already

Hi kumaran,

thanks for your advice..

i want to exit based on the return code..

can i use directky exit or exit $returncode

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