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Old 12-15-2012
Need help with if an extension exists in a certain repertory
Hi, I was wondering if you can help me with verifying if certain extension exists in /var/log with an if statement. Basically I'm trying to see if there is a .Gz extension in the repertory /var/log.

My code:

Code:
if [ -e /var/log/*. gz ] ; then 
echo ¨ The extension exist¨
 else 
echo ¨theres no extension¨ 
fi

^Doesn't work

Regardless if there is a .Gz extension it will echo me there's no extension...
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-15-2012 at 03:09 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 12-15-2012
There is a space that should not be there, but also you cannot use wild cards in combination with test -e like that... Try:
Code:
exists() {
  [ -e "$1" ]
}

if exists /var/log/*.gz ; then
  echo "The extension exists"
else 
  echo "there is no extension"
fi

--
Also the double quotes are the wrong kind BTW...
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Old 12-15-2012
Thanks a lot Scrutinizer Smilie
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