"Drew" == Drew Cohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Drew> Hi, Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how Drew> to check to see if certain files exist in a directory, as Drew> in, "Are there any jpegs in this directory?". I've tried Drew> various things (like using -s, -f with test and a do/for Drew> loop) but nothing seems to work right. The closest I can Drew> come is
Drew> if test `ls /opt/images/*.jpg | wc -l` -gt 0 then ... Drew> Unfortunately, this gives me the error message "ls: Drew> /opt/images/*.jpg: No such file or directory" when there are Drew> no jpegs in /opt/images. Drew> So what am I missing here? Try this instead: if [ "`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" != "" ] then # do what you want fi The -maxdepth 1 restricts find to the current directory. Take it out if you want to find anything in subdirectories. If you want to operate on each file you want to write for i in `find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print` do # do something with $i done Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]