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[Guest_imported]

Hey,


I am trying to write a script that will ignore directories when directories are passed to it. Can anyone please help me.

 

[ayjaycee]

"ignore directories when directories are passed to it"

???
Could you be more specific (& clearer!) One by one, the penguins steal my sanity. X-)

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[KenCunningham]

If my understanding of what you're asking is correct you could use the -d option of if to check whether the file is a directory (eg if [ -d <filename> ]. If it is, status ($?) will return a 0, otherwise it will be greater than 0. You can test $? if [ $? > 0 ] and take action (or no action) as appropriate. Hope this helps.