On 08/15/2012 06:19 PM, Craig White 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? > Are you trying to find out if there are one or more files that match, or are you trying to list the name(s) of the files? NAME=`ls *.mov` for FILE in $NAME do echo "$FILE" done -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registerd Linux user No #267004 www.counter.li.org **** _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos