Check for file 1

[sandeepmur]

Hi,
I am using the command :
if [ test ! -s "$FILEPATH"tempTSSwap ] in a script to check if a file exists and am getting the fwg error message:

scripts>SGcheckSwap.sh
SGcheckSwap.sh[37]: !: A test command parameter is not valid.
SGcheckSwap.sh43]: /software/mon/scripts/tempTSSwap: Cannot find or open the file.

any suggestions as to whats wrong here ? I thought the "-s" flag was correct..

thnx

 

[PHV]

Use either:
if [ ! -s "$FILEPATH"tempTSSwap ]
Or:
if test ! -s "$FILEPATH"tempTSSwap

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[sandeepmur]

Thnx.. I removed the Braces and it worked but its strange because I have another script where the braces as I posted above and the script works fine..

Any reasons ?

thnx

 

[sandeepmur]

one other thing, How do I extract 4 diff values from a file into 4 diff variables ??

ex. a file abc.txt has the entries
121354554
456
45787
45

I want each of the values in a different variable.

thnx

 

[PHV]

From my test man page:
Syntax
test expr
[ expr ]

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[PHV]

A starting point (in ksh-like shell):
set -A myArr $(<abc.txt)
echo "${myArr[0]},${myArr[1],${myArr[2]},${myArr[3]"

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