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meta char in [ -f xxxx ] test


From: Paul Meyers
Subject: meta char in [ -f xxxx ] test
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:09:59 -0400

Is there a way to get wild character support in the file-exist test _expression_, I was able to do this in SCO's sh shell, but bash on linux doesnt seem to support it.
For example:
if [ -f mystuff*.zip ]
then
echo "mystuff files exist"
fi
Paul Meyers
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