Am 08.08.2011 11:33, schrieb Francky Leyn: > Hello, > > consider the following code: > > EXTENSION=jpg > INPUT_FILES=*.$EXTENSION
echo "$INPUT_FILES" #obviously wrong #instead maybe INPUT_FILES="$(ls *.$EXTENSION)" > > if [ -z "$INPUT_FILES" ]; then > echo "No .$EXTENSION input files in this directory" > exit -1 > fi > [...] > > What is wrong here? > > Best regards, > > Francky Leyn I think there are even better ways to do this, but this is one that came to my mind at the moment. btw: man bash | less -p 'Pathname expansion'
