Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is a way that looks slightly better, but it's still ugly because
> it relies on bash-specific options. Something like this should do it.
>
> #! /bin/bash
> # Make globs that don't match expand to null string
> shopt -s nullglob
> if [ -n "$(echo /path/to/*.jpg)" ] ; then
> # Do stuff because .jpg files exist
> fi
Here's how you can do it in a POSIX shell:
set -- /path/to/*.jpg
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
# Do stuff because .jpg files exist
fi
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