[PLUG] question for correct bash syntax for the test -e file command

[Paul Heinlein]

On Thu, 5 May 2011, Michael Rasmussen wrote:

> The ls stands in for the -e test:
>
> FILE_THERE=`ls m* 2>/dev/null | head -1`
> if [  $FILE_THERE ];
> then
>    echo found $FILE_THERE
> fi

if test $(/bin/ls m* 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -gt 0; then
   echo "found it..."
fi

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