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Old 01-18-2013
Foreach alternative - C shell
Hi all

I wrote a foreach loop in c-shell:

Code:
foreach file (/.../fileNames*)
...
end

The problem is that if there aren't matching files in the directory I'm getting a
"foreach: No match". How can I rewrite it so the script will just skip the loop if there aren't any matching files?

Thanks =)
# 2  
Old 01-18-2013
You can do:
Code:
foreach file (/.../fileNames*) >& /dev/null

Better would be to use a decent shell. C Shell is rather hopeless.
# 3  
Old 01-18-2013
not what I was looking for
Thank Scott!
I want the scrip to continue running after the loop, is there a way to do it?
I tried:
Code:
if (-e "/../fileName*") then foreach..

but c shell didn't recognize the *.

Is there another solution?

Thanks
# 4  
Old 01-18-2013
You cannot cram 37 arguments or 0 arguments into an -e. It has to be one and only one.

You could try Scott's solution.

Better would be to use a decent shell. C Shell is rather hopeless.
# 5  
Old 01-18-2013
OK, thanks for the help
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