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scripting question -

rveri-admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:24:38 GMT

Hi ,

I am trying to check if files are present inside the directory or not, but getting error, not sure if the syntax is correct,

if [ -f /home/myfiles/* ]
then
echo "files found "
else
echo "files not found"

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can you guys advise, whats wrong

Thanks,

Dennis Handly — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:26:53 GMT

-f only works on one file at a time. You need to use something like:

if [ ! -z $( ls /home/myfiles 2> /dev/null ) ]; then

echo "files found"

rveri-admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:11:53 GMT

Dennis,

Thanks,

what is the -z is stands for. is it checking for zero byte,

Dennis Handly — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:26:16 GMT

>what is the -z is stands for. Is it checking for zero byte,

You can look at the man ages for test(1), ksh(1) or sh-posix(1).

This is if the string has zero length and "! -z" means not empty.