Finding if a file exists

[dvknn]

Hi,

The format of the file is: fileNameDD-MMM-YYYY.txt.
For example : Sample15-JUN-2004.txt

Thanks

 

[guggach]

man test


guggach

 

[dvknn]

OK...Sorry folks..

How can I test if a file in the format fileNameDD-MMM-YYYY.txt exists??

for ex: SampleDD-MMM-YYYY.txt

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
ls *[0-3][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]-[12][90][0-9][0-9].txt

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[guggach]

assuming DD and YYYY are digit, MMM characters

ls|sed -ne '/Sample[0-3][0-9]-[A-z][A-z][A-z]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\.txt/p'


guggach