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Old 11-14-2011
Question Using "if -e" with wildcard in csh
Hi Gurus,

In ksh we can check the existance of a file using wild card like ...

if [ -f /home/dbadm/clients/blocked/saltlake.txt.* ]

But in csh is there something like this ??? I have tried to use the following...

if -e /home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.* then

But its getting failed and giving me the following error...
f -e /home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.* then
/home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.*: No match.

Could any one give me a hand on how to check filename.* using if statement in csh please ?

Regards...
# 2  
Old 11-14-2011
A quick read of the csh manpage yields:
Code:
set nonomatch

needs to occur before your if statement.
# 3  
Old 11-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by sraj142
Hi Gurus,

In ksh we can check the existance of a file using wild card like ...

if [ -f /home/dbadm/clients/blocked/saltlake.txt.* ]

But in csh is there something like this ??? I have tried to use the following...

if -e /home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.* then

But its getting failed and giving me the following error...
f -e /home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.* then
/home/dbadm/client1/emailblocked/ludhiana5.txt.*: No match.

Could any one give me a hand on how to check filename.* using if statement in csh please ?

Regards...
* be sure there are files that match your pattern (ludhiana5.txt.*)
* try @m.d.ludwig's advice if there are files in there.
# 4  
Old 11-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by sraj142
Hi Gurus,

In ksh we can check the existance of a file using wild card like ...

if [ -f /home/dbadm/clients/blocked/saltlake.txt.* ]
No, you can't. If there's more than one file that matches saltlake.txt.*, your program will have syntax errors.
# 5  
Old 11-15-2011
Of course, the fun really begins if the filename contains meta-characters ("saltlake.txt.*"), whitespace (or anything in ${IFS}) or other syntactical sugar

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