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Old December 30th, 2004, 12:20 AM
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plese help-comparison string
i want to search for file that start with file200411*. i can't pass the variable. should i use grep?
the output will appear as "nor exist" although there is a file in a directory
so..please help

#!/bin/sh

yr=2004
mth=11

for file in ls file*
do
if [ "$file" = "file$yr$mth*.txt" ]
then
echo "file exist, $file"
else
echo "file not exist"
fi
done
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use 'if' for numerical tests
use 'case' for all other
Code:
for file in `ls`
do
    case $file in file$yr$mth*.txt) XXX= ;; *)  XXX=not ;; esac
    echo "file $file does $XXX exist"
done
Last edited by guggach : December 30th, 2004 at 06:17 AM. Reason: typo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by izza_azhar
i want to search for file that start with file200411*. i can't pass the variable. should i use grep?
the output will appear as "nor exist" although there is a file in a directory
so..please help

#!/bin/sh

yr=2004
mth=11

for file in ls file*
do
if [ "$file" = "file$yr$mth*.txt" ]
then
echo "file exist, $file"
else
echo "file not exist"
fi
done



why not just use find?
Code:
find . -name "file200411*" -print


christo

or does this definititel h
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