On Thu, 5 May 2011, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > The ls stands in for the -e test: > > FILE_THERE=`ls m* 2>/dev/null | head -1` > if [ $FILE_THERE ]; > then > echo found $FILE_THERE > fi
if test $(/bin/ls m* 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -gt 0; then echo "found it..." fi -- Paul Heinlein <> heinl...@madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug