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From: ger@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Ger Timmens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: testing if a file is present
Message-ID: <ger.659126250@prisma>
Date: 20 Nov 90 18:37:30 GMT
Distribution: comp.unix
Organization: University of Utrecht, 3D Computer Vision The Netherlands
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Can anybody tell me how I can verify
whether a file exists or not ?
I want to move files and only when
they exist ! mv "file" gives an
error message if "file" not exists

Thanks,

Ger Timmens,
ger@cv.ruu.nl