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From: chris@pixutl.UUCP (chris)
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Subject: Re: question-- Bourne (and C) SHELL (expression evaluation)
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Date: Mon, 18-Aug-86 16:18:16 EDT
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Summary: more ways to check for file presence
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You can also do:

	( ls foo ) || echo not there

or, more cheaply:

	{ ls foo ; } || echo not there

and if you didn't want to see the output of the ls command,

	{ ls foo >/dev/null 2>&1 ; } || echo not there



Chris
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