[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Küster) wrote, that's me: > ,---- > | OLDFILES=0 > | for i in *.old-$$; do > | if [ -e $i ]; then OLDFILES=1; fi > | done > `---- [...] > 2. The test -e will always yield true if the star in *.old-\$\$ expanded > to something, i.e. if the loop is run at all. It is simply not > necessary.
This is not true, it will loop once over the string '*.old-$$'. Still, the code I suggest seems more readable for me. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
