9, 2009 7:40:00 AM
Subject: Re: Help needed with '-e' operator
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:57 PM, John Refior wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Anu P wrote:
>
>> I am trying to use the '-e' filetest operator and encountered some wired
>> behavior.
>>
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:57 PM, John Refior wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Anu P wrote:
>
>> I am trying to use the '-e' filetest operator and encountered some wired
>> behavior.
>> I have a tar.gz file which is around 2.6 G and this is the code...Tar.gz
>> file is in the same directory
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Anu P wrote:
> I am trying to use the '-e' filetest operator and encountered some wired
> behavior.
> I have a tar.gz file which is around 2.6 G and this is the code...Tar.gz
> file is in the same directory where script is executed.
>
> unless (-e $file) {
> print
The code you wrote should work as it worked for me when I tested it on
a 3 GB sized file:
$ ls -sh 3gb-file
3.0G 3gb-file
$ perl -le '$file="3gb-file" ;
unless (-e $file) { print ("nope") ; }
else { print ("yup") ; } '
yup
I tested it with files as large as 10 GB and it worked.
Could it be that
Hi,
I am trying to use the '-e' filetest operator and encountered some wired
behavior.
I have a tar.gz file which is around 2.6 G and this is the code...Tar.gz file
is in the same directory where script is executed.
unless (-e $file) {
print ("ERROR: $file does not exist\n");
exit(1);
}
This d
