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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
In several scripts that process files matched by name pattern I needed to add a check for file existence. Just to illustrate let's say I need to process all N??? files:
/tmp$ touch N100 N101
/tmp$ l ?10
-rw-rw-r-- 1 moss group 0 Apr 19 11:22 N100
-rw-rw-r-- 1 moss group ... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: migurus
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am facing a problem while checking for existence of file over ssh !
Basically, i want to ssh and check if file exists.. If file exists return 1. If file does not exits return 0 (or any value)
I am using the below code
file_avail=`ssh username@host "if ]; then exit 1;... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: galaxy_rocky
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey, I am new to scripting and was wondering what is wrong with this if statement. I want to check if file exists and the if it does to unzip it. I program it as follows
if ; then
gunzip *_filename.gz
fi
Thanks in advance!
Please use code tags next time for your code and data. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: mostarac2487
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to perform SQL *Loader operation only if a file named "load.txt" exists in a directory "/home/loc/etc". Please help how to check this with a if condition. (8 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
what is the difference between -f and -e.
Regards,
ch33ry (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ch33ry
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
How can I check if a file exists in csh? I know there is "-e $file" but do not know exactly how to use it.
I have tried the below but I'm getting "Bad : modifier in $ ( )."
foreach f ($AfullnameLst)
if (-e $f) then
echo "$f: file exists"
endif
end (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
cp $PATHLOGS/$DATE/*.* $TMP/logs_tmp/
cp $PATHLOGS/$DATE1/*.* $TMP/logs_tmp/
Before copying the files I have to check if the directory $DATE1 and $DATE2 exists.
If directory exists then, check if the folder contains some files.
if the file exists then, check if the file size is greater... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sandy1028
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm new to UNIX, at least shell programming and am having trouble figuring out a problem i'm having. In one section in my nested if statement, i want the program to test if the file does not exist, based on an argument supplied at the command line by the user. What i have is
elif ; then... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rowlf
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
How can I check if a file exists in shell script. Basically, I want to check if a file Test_msgs has been created today. If it has been then append data to it. Otherwise, create it. I have written the following but it does not work.
todaysdate=$(date +%d%m%Y)
timenow=$(date +%H%M%S)... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: gugs
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
This will be useful who is looking for checking the files in a directory
#chmod 777 /cronacle/tools/teradata/opo/bin/file_check.sh
SUBJECT=`echo "File Not Found"`
SUBJECT1=`echo "File Found"`
#RECIPIENT=Madhu.Reddy@ge.com
cd /cronacle/tools/teradata/opo/bin
file_list=attach.sh
if
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ksmbabu
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