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====== The classic test command ======
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''test <EXPRESSION>''
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This command allows you to do various tests and sets its exit code to 0 (//TRUE//) or 1 (//FALSE//) whenever such a test succeeds or not. Using this exit code, it's possible to let Bash react on the result of such a test, here by using the command in an if-statement:
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The syntax of the test command is relatively easy. Usually it's the command name "''test''" followed by a test type (here "''-e''" for "file exists") followed by test-type-specific values (here the filename to check, "''/etc/passwd''").
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There's a second standardized command that does exactly the same: the command "''[''" - the difference just is that it's called "''[''" and the last argument to the command must be a "'']''": It forms "''**[ <EXPRESSION> ]**''"
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As you definitely noted, the filename contains spaces. Since we call a normal ordinary command ("test" or "[") the shell will word-split the expansion of the variable ''mymusic'': You need to quote it when you don't want the ''test''-command to complain about too many arguments for this test-type! If you didn't understand it, please read the [[syntax:words | article about words...]]
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Please also note that the file-tests want **one filename** to test. Don't give a glob (filename-wildcards) as it can expand to many filenames => **too many arguments!**
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This provides exactly **one** test-argument to the command. With one parameter, it defaults to the ''-n'' test: It tests if a provided string is empty (''FALSE'') or not (''TRUE'') - due to the lack of **spaces to separate the arguments** the shown command always ends ''TRUE''!
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Well, I addressed several basic rules, now let's see what the test-command can do for you. The Bash test-types can be split into several sections: **file tests**, **string tests**, **arithmetic tests**, **misc tests**.
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| **-a** <FILE> | True if <FILE> exists. :!: (not recommended, may collide with ''-a'' for ''AND'', see below) | |
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|<STRING1> **<** <STRING2>|True if <STRING1> sorts **before** <STRING2> lexicographically (pure ASCII, not current locale!). Remember to escape! Use ''\<''|
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|<STRING1> **>** <STRING2>|True if <STRING1> sorts **after** <STRING2> lexicographically (pure ASCII, not current locale!). Remember to escape! Use ''\>''|
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| **(** <TEST> **)** | Group a test (for precedence). **Attention:** In normal shell-usage, the "(" and ")" must be escaped; use "\(" and "\)"! |
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The ''test'' builtin, especially hidden under its ''['' name, may seem simple but is in fact **causing a lot of trouble sometimes**.
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The way often recommended to logically connect several tests with AND and OR is to use **several single test commands** and to **combine** them with the shell ''&&'' and ''||'' **list control operators**.
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* With ''command1 && command2'', ''command2'' is executed if, and only if, ''command1'' returns an exit status of zero (true)
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if [ -n "$var" -a -e "$var" ] ; then
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echo "\$var is not null and a file named $var exists"
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fi
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<code>
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$ if [ -n "/tmp" && -d "/tmp"]; then echo true; fi # DOES NOT WORK
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bash: [: missing `]'
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</code>
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You might find the error message confusing, ''['' does not find the required final '']'', because as seen above ''&&'' is used to write a **list of commands**. The ''if'' statement actually **sees two commands**:
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* ''[ -n "/tmp"''
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==== Why you should avoid using -a and -o ====
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POSIX(r)/SUSv3 does **not** specify the behaviour of ''test'' in cases where there are more than 4 arguments. If you write a script that might not be executed by Bash, the behaviour might be different! ((<rant>Of course, one can wonder what is the use of including the parenthesis in the specification without defining the behaviour with more than 4 arguments or how usefull are the examples with 7 or 9 arguments attached to the specification.</rant>))
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- if a command produced an output
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Let's see:
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<code>
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if [ -z "false" -a -z "$(echo I am executed >&2)" ] ; then ...
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</code>
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<code>
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if [ -z "false" ] && [ -z "$(echo I am not executed >&2)" ]; then...
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=> Due to the nature of the ''&&'' list operator, the second test-command runs only if the first test-command returns true, our echo-command **is not executed**.
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__**Note:**__ In my opinion, ''-a'' and ''-o'' are also less readable ''[pgas]''
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==== Precedence and Parenthesis ====
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Take care if you convert your scripts from using ''-a'' and ''-o'' to use the list way (''&&'' and ''||''):
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* in the test-command rules, ''-a'' has **precedence over** ''-o''
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* in the shell grammar rules, ''&&'' and ''||'' have **equal precedence**
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That means, **you can get different results**, depending on the manner of use:
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<code>
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$ if [ "true" ] || [ -e /does/not/exist ] && [ -e /does/not/exist ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
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false
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$ if [ "true" -o -e /does/not/exist -a -e /does/not/exist ]; then echo true; else echo false;fi
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true
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</code>
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As a result you have to think about it a little or add precedence control (parenthesis).
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For ''&&'' and ''||'' parenthesis means (shell-ly) grouping the commands, and since ''( ... )'' introduces a subshell we will use ''{ ... }'' instead:
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<code>
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$ if [ "true" ] || { [ -e /does/not/exist ] && [ -e /does/not/exist ] ;} ; then echo true; else echo false; fi
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true
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</code>
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For the test command, the precedence parenthesis are, as well, ''( )'', but you need to escape or quote them, so that the shell doesn't try to interpret them:
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<code>
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$ if [ \( "true" -o -e /does/not/exist \) -a -e /does/not/exist ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
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false
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# equivalent, but less readable IMHO:
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$ if [ '(' "true" -o -e /does/not/exist ')' -a -e /does/not/exist ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
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false
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</code>
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===== NOT =====
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As for AND and OR, there are 2 ways to negate a test with the shell keyword ''!'' or passing ''!'' as an argument to ''test''.
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Here ''!'' negates the exit status of the command ''test'' which is 0 (true), and the else part is executed:
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<code>
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if ! [ -d '/tmp' ]; then echo "/tmp doesn't exists"; else echo "/tmp exists"; fi
|
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</code>
|
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Here the ''test'' command itself exits with status 1 (false) and the else is also executed:
|
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<code>
|
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if [ ! -d '/tmp' ]; then echo "/tmp doesn't exists"; else echo "/tmp exists"; fi
|
||
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</code>
|
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Unlike for AND and OR, both methods for NOT have an identical behaviour, at least for doing one single test.
|
||
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===== Pitfalls summarized =====
|
||
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|
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In this section you will get all the mentioned (and maybe more) possible pitfalls and problems in a summary.
|
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==== General ====
|
||
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Here's the copy of a mail on bug-bash list. A user asking a question about using the test command in Bash, **he's talking about a problem, which you may have already had yourself**:
|
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<code>
|
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From: (PROTECTED)
|
||
|
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Subject: -d option not working. . .?
|
||
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:51:59 -0400
|
||
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To: bug-bash@gnu.org
|
||
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|
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|
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Hi All,
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
I've got a script that I'm trying to set up, but it keeps telling me
|
||
|
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that "[-d command not found". Can someone please explain what is
|
||
|
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wrong with this?:
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||
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#!/bin/sh
|
||
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|
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for i in $*
|
||
|
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do
|
||
|
|
{
|
||
|
|
if [-d $i]
|
||
|
|
then
|
||
|
|
echo "$i is a directory! Yay!"
|
||
|
|
else
|
||
|
|
echo "$i is not a directory!"
|
||
|
|
fi
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
done
|
||
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||
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|
||
|
|
Regards
|
||
|
|
</code>
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
See the problem regarding the used test-command (the other potential problems are not of interest here)?
|
||
|
|
<code>
|
||
|
|
[-d $i]
|
||
|
|
</code>
|
||
|
|
He simply didn't know that ''test'' or ''['' is a normal, simple command. Well, here's the answer he got. I quote it here, because it's a well written text that addresses most of the common issues with the "classic" test command:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<code>
|
||
|
|
From: Bob Proulx (EMAIL PROTECTED)
|
||
|
|
Subject: Re: -d option not working. . .?
|
||
|
|
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:32:35 -0600
|
||
|
|
To: bug-bash@gnu.org
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
> (QUOTED TEXT WAS REMOVED)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The shell is first and foremost a way to launch other commands. The
|
||
|
|
syntax is simply "if" followed by a command-list, (e.g. if /some/foo;
|
||
|
|
or even if cmd1; cmd2; cmd3; then). Plus the '( ... )' syntax is
|
||
|
|
already taken by the use of starting a subshell.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
As I recall in the original shell language the file test operator was
|
||
|
|
not built-in. It was provided by the standalone '/bin/test' command.
|
||
|
|
The result was effectively this:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if /bin/test -d somedir
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Although the full path /bin/test was never used. I showed it that way
|
||
|
|
here for emphasis that following the 'if' statement is a command list.
|
||
|
|
Normally it would simply have been:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if test -d somedir
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Of course that is fine and for the best portability that style is
|
||
|
|
still the recommended way today to use the test command. But many
|
||
|
|
people find that it looks different from other programming languages.
|
||
|
|
To make the test operator (note I mention the test operator and not
|
||
|
|
the shell language, this is a localized change not affecting the
|
||
|
|
language as a whole) look more like other programming languages the
|
||
|
|
'test' program was coded to ignore the last argument if it was a ']'.
|
||
|
|
Then a copy of the test program could be used as the '[' program.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
...modify /bin/test to ignore ']' as last argument...
|
||
|
|
cp /bin/test /bin/[
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This allows:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if [ -d somedir ]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Doesn't that look more normal? People liked it and it caught on. It
|
||
|
|
was so popular that both 'test' and '[' are now shell built-ins. They
|
||
|
|
don't launch an external '/bin/test' program anymore. But they *used*
|
||
|
|
to launch external programs. Therefore argument parsing is the same
|
||
|
|
as if they still did launch an external program. This affects
|
||
|
|
argument parsing.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
it test -f *.txt
|
||
|
|
test: too many arguments
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Oops. I have twenty .txt files and so test got one -f followed by the
|
||
|
|
first file followed by the remaining files. (e.g. test -f 1.txt 2.txt
|
||
|
|
3.txt 4.txt)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if test -d $file
|
||
|
|
test: argument expected
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Oops. I meant to set file.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
file=/path/some/file
|
||
|
|
if test -d $file
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If variables such as that are not set then they wlll be expanded by
|
||
|
|
the shell before passing them to the (possibly external) command and
|
||
|
|
disappear entirely. This is why test arguments should always be quoted.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if test -d "$file"
|
||
|
|
if [ -d "$file" ]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Actually today test is defined that if only one argument is given as
|
||
|
|
in this case "test FOO" then then test returns true if the argument is
|
||
|
|
non-zero in text length. Because "-d" is non-zero length "test -d" is
|
||
|
|
true. The number of arguments affects how test parses the args. This
|
||
|
|
avoids a case where depending upon the data may look like a test
|
||
|
|
operator.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DATA="something"
|
||
|
|
if test "$DATA" # true, $DATA is non-zero length
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DATA=""
|
||
|
|
if test "$DATA" # false, $DATA is zero length
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
But the problem case is how should test handle an argument that looks
|
||
|
|
like an operator? This used to generate errors but now because it is
|
||
|
|
only one argument is defined to be the same as test -n $DATA.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DATA="-d"
|
||
|
|
if test "$DATA" # true, $DATA is non-zero length
|
||
|
|
if test -d # true, same as previous case.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Because test and [ are possibly external commands all of the parts of
|
||
|
|
them are chosen to avoid shell metacharacters. The Fortran operator
|
||
|
|
naming was well known at the time (e.g. .gt., .eq., etc.) and was
|
||
|
|
pressed into service for the shell test operator too. Comming from
|
||
|
|
Fortran using -gt, -eq, etc. looked very normal.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Incorrect use generating unlikely to be intended results:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if test 5 > 2 # true, "5" is non-zero length, creates file named "2"
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Intended use:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if test 5 -gt 2 # true (and no shell meta characters needing quoting)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Then much later, sometime in the mid 1980's, the Korn sh decided to
|
||
|
|
improve upon this situation. A new test operator was introduced.
|
||
|
|
This one was always a shell built-in and therefore could act upon the
|
||
|
|
shell arguments directly. This is '[[' which is a shell keyword.
|
||
|
|
(Keyword, metacharacters, builtins, all are different.) Because the
|
||
|
|
shell processes [[ internally all arguments are known and do not need
|
||
|
|
to be quoted.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
if [[ -d $file ]] # okay
|
||
|
|
if [[ 5 > 2 ]] # okay
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I am sure that I am remembering a detail wrong but hopefully this is
|
||
|
|
useful as a gentle introduction and interesting anyway.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Bob
|
||
|
|
</code>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I hope this text protects you a bit from stepping from one pitfall into the next.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I find it very interesting and informative, that's why I quoted it here. Many thanks, Bob, also for the permission to copy the text here!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
===== Code examples =====
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
==== Snipplets ====
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Some code snipplets follow, different ways of shell reaction is used.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
* **check if a variable is defined/non-NULL**
|
||
|
|
* ''test "$MYVAR"''
|
||
|
|
* ''[ "$MYVAR" ]''
|
||
|
|
* **Note:** There are possibilities to make a difference if a variable is //undefined// or //NULL// - see [[syntax:pe#use_an_alternate_value|Parameter Expansion - Using an alternate value]]
|
||
|
|
* **check if a directory exists, if not, create it**
|
||
|
|
* ''test ! -d /home/user/foo && mkdir /home/user/foo''
|
||
|
|
* ''[ ! -d /home/user/foo ] && mkdir /home/user/foo''
|
||
|
|
* ''if [ ! -d /home/user/foo ]; then mkdir /home/user/foo; fi''
|
||
|
|
* **check if minimum one parameter was given, and that one is "Hello"**
|
||
|
|
* ''test $# -ge 1 -a "$1" = "Hello" || exit 1''
|
||
|
|
* ''[ $# -ge 1 ] && [ "$1" = "Hello" ] || exit 1'' (see [[syntax:basicgrammar#lists | lists description]])
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
==== Listing directories ====
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Using a [[syntax:ccmd:classic_for | for-loop]] to iterate through all entries of a directory, if an entry is a directory (''[ -d "$fn" ]''), print its name:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<code>
|
||
|
|
for fn in *; do
|
||
|
|
[ -d "$fn" ] && echo "$fn"
|
||
|
|
done
|
||
|
|
</code>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
===== See also =====
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
* Internal: [[syntax:ccmd:conditional_expression | conditional expression]] (aka "the new test command")
|
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|
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* Internal: [[syntax:ccmd:if_clause | the if-clause]]</textarea>
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