Re: ls: avoiding error msg on non-existant file

[Karl O. Pinc]

On 2002.11.22 00:36 Bob Proulx wrote:
> Karl O . Pinc <address@hidden> [2002-11-18 14:33:30 -0600]:
> > To keep there error from coming up, I can

> > if [ ! -e . ] ; then ls pattern ; fi

> I am not sure I understood that.  Won't '.' always exist?

Should'a been:

if [ -s . ] ; then ls pattern ; fi

Don't know what I was thinking.

Karl <address@hidden>