Shell redirection question

[Unix Administrator_9]

In a script I've got something like:
i=`ls *.x *.y *.z`
for j in $i
do

The issue I'm facing at the moment is if one of the file types, eg *.x, doesn't exist I get the message "*.x not found". I've tried redirecting this to /dev/null but I still can't get rid of the message. Any suggestions?

Many Thanks,
Scott Taylor.

[Sundar_7]

Hi Scott,

i=`ls *.x *.y *.z 2>/dev/null'
for j in $i
do

This should work

Sundar

[Unix Administrator_9]

Thx - I had the the last back quote in the wrong location.

Cheers,
SJT

[Bill Hassell]

A simpler way to write this:

for j in $(ls *.x *.y *.z 2>/dev/null)
do
...
done

The use of backticks (grave accent, reverse apostrophe, etc) is deprecated and very easy to misinterpret. $(...) can also be nested if needed.