On Tue, September 17, 2013 8:06 pm, Russell Coker wrote: > ls -l *.mkv *.avi *.mp4 > > The above command will give me errors if I happen to have no .avi files or > no > .mkv files. > > How can I write a command to give a list of all video files and not give > an > error if some don't exist? Preferably in bash, but I'm willing to try > another > shell if necessary.
You could always redirect the error message to /dev/null e.g., lev@racoon:~/Desktop$ ls *.mkv *.avi *.mp4 *.xxx 2> /dev/null 1.mkv 2.mkv 3.avi 4.avi 5.mp4 6.mp4 -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
