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Old 10-14-2008
Error Differece in '-s' and '-e'
Hi I am using a script which will search for a file.
While i am using '-s' with if condition it is not working.
If i am using the '-e' it is working.
I am searching for a 'trigger file' (0KB File).

Anish.
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Old 10-14-2008
It should be documented on man test or man your_shell under "Conditional Expressions"

Code:
           -s file        True if file exists and has a size greater than
                          zero.

I'm not sure what -e does as I don't see it there...?
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Old 10-14-2008
Hi Annihilannic,

e is for 'if exist' .
-s will return the file if the file we are searching is having more than 0KB...right ????
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Old 10-14-2008
It will return true (return code 0) if the file has more than 0 bytes, yes.
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