Checking existence of file types via extensions bash.
- by Tommy
Hi,
I need to test if various file types exist in a directory.
I've tried
$ [ -f *.$fileext]
where fileext is the file extension but that does not seem to work.
Both of these methods work
function checkext() {
fileext=$1
ls *.$fileext>/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "We have $fileext files!"
else
echo "We don't have any $fileext files!"
fi
}
and
function checkext2() {
extention=$1
filescheck=(`ls *.$1`)
len=${#filescheck[*]}
if [ $len -gt 0 ]
then
echo "We have $extention files!"
else
if [ $len -eq 0 ]
then
echo "We don't have any $extention files!"
else
echo "Error"
fi
fi
}
The second method is less tidy as any ls error is shown so I prefer method 1.
Could people please suggest any improvements, more elegant solutions e.t.c
