Checking a simple string condition 1

[gringomike]

Hi all,

Can anybody tell me why the script beloew does not work?


for file in `ls -1 /tmp/test`
do
if [ $file = string1.* ]
then
mv /tmp/test/$file /tmp/test/$file.ARCHIVE
else
mv /tmp/test/$file /tmp/test/$file.PROCESS
fi
done


It names every file in the directory *.PROCESS despite the presence of the "string1.12345" and "string198765" files.


Thanks in advance!

GM

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:
for file in `ls -1 /tmp/test`
do
case $file in
string1.*) mv /tmp/test/$file /tmp/test/$file.ARCHIVE;;
*) mv /tmp/test/$file /tmp/test/$file.PROCESS;;
esac
done


Hope This Help, PH.
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[gringomike]

Fantastic - thanks PHV!

Have a star......