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Sorry if this has been answered. I did search both Google and this site and did find this post: unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/152992-how-ignore-errors-script.html

However, it wasn't answered.

I have the same question - how do you prevent a tcsh script from terminating when the result of a foreach is null?

So if my script does something like:

Code:

foreach file ( *.tif )
   mv $file temp/$file
end

foreach file ( *.jpg )
   mv $file temp/$file
end

If the first foreach doesn't match anything, the entire script terminates with the error:

foreach: No match.

How do you prevent this? Do you have to do a check for the presence of anything you need to do a foreach on?

Code:

 
for i in *.tif
do
    mv $i /tmp/$i
done

Thanks, but is that your way of telling me to code in bash instead? I'm really looking for help with the foreach in tcsh.

i never coded in tcsh. sorry

https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...rs-script.html

Csh Programming Considered Harmful

http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/CshTop10.txt

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if you set the "nonomatch" variable:

Code:

set nonomatch

then the C shell behaves like the Bourne Shell.

Ah, that seems to do the trick. Thanks!