Check that the argument is a file

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Name: Jose K
Date: April 30, 2005 at 00:54:22 Pacific
Subject: Check that the argument is a file
OS: Red Hat 9
CPU/Ram: 256

Comment:

Hi
In Shell Script, how do I check that the argument is a file?
Thanks in advance
Jose

Response Number 1

Name: thepubba
Date: April 30, 2005 at 11:56:53 Pacific
Subject: Check that the argument is a file

Reply: (edit)

#!/bin/ksh
if [[ -f $1 ]]
then
print "It's a file"
else
print "It ain't"
fi

Response Number 2

Name: Dlonra
Date: May 1, 2005 at 17:52:55 Pacific
Subject: Check that the argument is a file

Reply: (edit)

also,
man test

Response Number 3

Name: ravi.kumar
Date: May 1, 2005 at 23:48:21 Pacific
Subject: Check that the argument is a file

Reply: (edit)

if(-f $1)
then
echo " $1 is file"
else
echo " $1 is not a file"
fi
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