Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net> [2002-12-07 13:53:57 -0600]: > if [ "`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" != "" ] A very slight danger here. If the first filename starts with a '-' then test will see this as an option instead of as a string and complain. This is why people prefix with a known character. Usually using an '_' or 'X' or whatever the programmer prefers. This is safer. This is typical when comparing against a non-zero sized string. if [ _"`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" != _"" ] However, if you are only testing against a zero length string as here then using the test operators -z or -n work well without the extra safeguarding. if [ -n "`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" ] Bob
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