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Old 05-30-2011
Determining whether given string is path or not
I have an issue while determing whether given string is unix path or not
There is a text file which is normally a report in that at some place
we have unix path as shown below
/opt/smart/dev/eur/sources/sqr and
not unix path as shown below
Threshold Year/Month/Ref/ActLine/OUC
Is there any way i can check whether given string is unix path or not , I am suppose to block unix path but other stuff should not be blocked.
Does any one have idea how i can differeciate between them.
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Old 05-30-2011
You can use test to confirm that path exists and is a directory.

Code:
test -d "/path/a valid/path" && printf "A directory \n" || printf "Not a directory \n"

Check man test for further test options.
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Old 05-30-2011
Code:
[ -d "/path/a valid/path"  ] && echo "A directory" || echo  "Not a directory"

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Old 05-31-2011
Thanks for the help it works
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