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bashshellif-statementinput
user9540477
user9540477

Reputation:

Shell how to test every input for file

so i am doing a shell script and am trying to figure out how to do this safe guard function:

if ! [[ -e "$@" ]]; then
    echo"Not a file!"
    exit 0
fi

my ideia is to check every input for file. so when i call the script: ./scriptname file1.txt file2.tar NOTfile4 it will output NOT a file

Upvotes: 0

Views: 63

Answers (1)

user9540477
user9540477

Reputation:

thanks guys! did the loop and it worked. heres what i did if anyone who has the same problem:

for input in "$@"; do
if ! [ -e "$input" ]; then
    echo "Not a file!"
    exit 0
fi
done

Upvotes: 1

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