Goal: to execute a block if one or more files exists
bash file test -e will tell you if a single file exists but
if [ -e ~/Maildir/.aspambin/cur/* ]; then
will croak with "too many arguments" if there is more than one file
conversly a construct like
for S in ~/Maildir/.aspambin/cur/*
will attempt to act on a file named * if the directory is empty.
So before I go convert this to Perl and for the learning
What kind of bash/shell script contruct works on 0, 1, or more files?
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Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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