Re: ls: avoiding error msg on non-existant file

"Karl O. Pinc" <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:22:05 -0600

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On 2002.11.22 00:36 Bob Proulx wrote:
> Karl O . Pinc <[email protected]> [2002-11-18 14:33:30 -0600]:
> > To keep there error from coming up, I can

> > if [ ! -e . ] ; then ls pattern ; fi

> 
> I am not sure I understood that.  Won't '.' always exist?

Should'a been:

if [ -s . ] ; then ls pattern ; fi

Don't know what I was thinking.

Karl <[email protected]>