[linux-help] Re: Quick BASH/Perl Question

[Curtis Hawthorne <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>]

That still gives me the same error message.  In the
directory, there are about 10 or so .log files in the
directory, and I think that by saying *.log, the shell
will expand it to list individually every file.  Any
other ideas?

--- John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Curtis Hawthorne wrote:
> 
> > First, in BASH, how do I test for the presence of
> any
> > .log (*.log) file in a directory?  If I do "test
> -a
> > *.log" it says there's too many arguments.
> 
> I always use an if contruct, although I guess it's
> technically still test:
> 
> if [ -f *.log ]; then
>       echo "File exists"
> fi
> 
> This tests if the file exists and is a regular file,
> you can use -d to
> test for a directory, etc...
> 
> For a quicker reply, I'll let someone else answer
> the other question,
> since my perl is rusty at the moment.
> 
> 
> > Second, in Perl what's the easiset way to grab the
> > first letter of a string, preferably without
> splitting
> > the whole thing into a letter by letter array?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Curtis
> 
> 
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