Gary Turner wrote:
>Drew Cohan wrote:
>>Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see
>>if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in
>>this directory?".
<snip>
>
>Try
>
> ls *.jpg > /dev/null 2>&1 # tested command--output is
>
> # superfluous
> if
> [ $? eq 0 ] # did last command succeed?
^^
Ack! Make that "-eq" Sorry about that.
> then echo "yes" # shout hooray
> else echo "no" # tears in your beer
> fi
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