Shell Programming and Scripting

cd /temp    # This was actually /tmp
fcnt=0
for i in aa bb cc dd
do      if [ -e "sample_${i}_test" ]
        then    fcnt=$((fcnt + 1))
        fi
done
echo $fcnt # This has a value of 0
if [ $fcnt -eq 4 ]
then    echo "There are $fcnt files present in /temp"
else    echo "There are only $fcnt files present in /temp; try again later." #Says 0 files present even though there are files
        exit 1
fi
echo 'Continue processing...'

if [ -e "sample_${i}_test" ]
        then    fcnt=$((fcnt + 1))
else
       echo "sample_${i}_test is not present"
fi

sample_aa_test is not present
sample_bb_test is not present
sample_cc_test is not present
sample_dd_test is not present
0
There are only 0 files present in /temp.

ls -l /temp/sample_[abcd]*

-rw-r--r--    1 prd tadmin            17 May 27 08:12 /temp/sample_aa_test
-rw-r--r--    1 prd tadmin            17 May 27 08:12 /temp/sample_bb_test
-rw-r--r--    1 prd tadmin            17 May 27 08:13 /temp/sample_cc_test
-rw-r--r--    1 prd tadmin            17 May 27 08:13 /temp/sample_dd_test

echo $PWD

ls /temp/sample_*|od -cb