Re: Problem with bash linux

From: William Park (opengeometry_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 10/17/03 

Date: 17 Oct 2003 19:48:26 GMT

Macigno <dcollina@dianoema.it> wrote:
> I need help:
> i have a shell that works properly on Unix Aix. I have to make it work
> on Linux Red Hat Server.
> My problem is:
>
> if (-f ./*.OK) then .....
>
> But the line (-f ./*.OK) doesn't work. I receive the error "?too many
> arguments". If i write (-f ./???.OK) which would be good for me) i
> receive the error "?binary operator expected".
> Thank you for your help.

Wrong syntax for Bourne shells (ie. Bash, Sh, Ash, Ksh). Also, you'll
have problem when there are more than 1 file. Try something like
    if ls *.OK > /dev/null; then ...; fi 

-- 
William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data management and processing.

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