Re: [CentOS] stupid bash question

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Craig White craig.white@ttiltd.com wrote:

the relevant snippet is...

NAME="*.mov" cd $IN if test -n "$(find . -maxdepth 1 -name $NAME -print -quit)"

and if there is one file in this directory - ie test.mov, this works fine

but if there are two (or more) files in this directory - test.mov, test2.mov

then I get an error... find: paths must precede expression

So my code is evidently wrong. I just want a test for 1 or more files ending in .mov in the directory?

Any one want to toss me a bone here?

Run the script with -x to see what's happening. $NAME is probably getting expanded. You might have to set noglob.