To find file exists in current working directory bash script

[ancy]

Hi ALL,

Can u help me out in solving this problem in bash script

My current working directory is ancy/sample

there are two file
ancy.sh ancy.txt

In ancy.sh script i need to check whether ancy.txt is available

I need to check whether the file exists in current working directory
ancy,txt is stored in a variable called filename

and i need to check whether its a readble file

Help me out in this

[Thinker]

Hi ancy,
In your script, to see whether the file exits, you use

if [ ! -f "$filename" ]
then
echo "$filename does not exists in the current directory"
else
echo "$filename does exists in the current directory"
fi

To see whether a file is readable you use -r option like the way you can use -f for file existence check.

Read the following website to know the very basics of Bash scripting : -

http://www.phptr.com/articles/articl...&seqNum=4&rl=1

With Regards,
Thinker

[ancy]

Hi,

I executed the above statemnet


but it shows an compilation error

if[: not found]

I need to check whether the file exists in current working directory using unix bash scripting

[devils casper]

hi ancy !!!

if[: not found]

there must be a space between 'if' and '['

if [ ! -f "$filename" ]

take care of spaces....

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