On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:27:39AM -0800, S Mathias wrote: > $ echo ${PWD##*/} > somefolder > $ if "${PWD##*/}" -eq "asdf" > /dev/null; then echo "this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi if [ "${PWD##*/}" == "asdf" ]; then echo "this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi Why not simple use: if [ -e $SCRIPT ]; then echo "File exists"; else echo "File does not exist"; fi Regards, Didar