Comments on: What is wrong with this bash script? http://www.thecodecave.com/article330 Cold storage before my best ideas melt away... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8426 Brian Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:41:48 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8426 Thanks Cindy! That works Great! [DOS] #$bash ArchiveName="test.tar" #ArchiveName="test.zip" #ArchiveName="test.tar.gz" echo "ArchiveName: $ArchiveName" if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ] then echo Test1: It is a tar file else echo Test1: It is not a tar file fi if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar.gz$" ) ] then echo Test2: It is a tar.gz file else echo Test2: It is not a tar.gz file fi if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ] || [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar.gz$" ) ] then echo Test3: It is a tar file else echo Test3: It is a zip file fi [/DOS] Thanks Cindy!

That works Great!

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DOS:
  1. #$bash
  2.  
  3. ArchiveName="test.tar"
  4. #ArchiveName="test.zip"
  5. #ArchiveName="test.tar.gz"
  6. echo "ArchiveName: $ArchiveName"
  7.  
  8. if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ]
  9. then
  10.   echo Test1: It is a tar file
  11. else
  12.   echo Test1: It is not a tar file
  13. fi
  14.  
  15. if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar.gz$" ) ]
  16. then
  17.   echo Test2: It is a tar.gz file
  18. else
  19.   echo Test2: It is not a tar.gz file
  20. fi
  21.  
  22. if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ] || [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar.gz$" ) ]
  23. then
  24.   echo Test3: It is a tar file
  25. else
  26.   echo Test3: It is a zip file
  27. fi

]]> By: digitalramble http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8425 digitalramble Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:16:46 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8425 Cripes. [DOS] if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ] then echo Test1: It is a tar file else echo Test1: It is a zip file fi [/DOS] You need a preview plugin :-) Cripes.

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DOS:
  1. if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ]
  2. then
  3.   echo Test1: It is a tar file
  4. else
  5.   echo Test1: It is a zip file
  6. fi

You need a preview plugin :-)

]]> By: digitalramble http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8424 digitalramble Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:15:19 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article330#comment-8424 if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ] then echo Test1: It is a tar file else echo Test1: It is a zip file fi that works for me. (i'm using unix, so put your -i back where it belongs) if [ $(echo $ArchiveName | grep -i "tar$" ) ]
then
echo Test1: It is a tar file
else
echo Test1: It is a zip file
fi

that works for me. (i'm using unix, so put your -i back where it belongs)

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