Bash check if file begins with

Join Date: Jun Hello, Trying to iterate over set of file in current directory and check if the file name in that folder matches certain string. This is what I have so far. Here I am checking if the file name starts with nexus, if so echo file name to log file. Getting weird syntax errors. Any help is appreciated Code :. Last edited by jim mcnamara; at PM..

Administrator Emeritus. Although I haven't tested this, or your code, and because I don't know what shell you are using, and because it's too late in the evening to play "Let's guess the error message" Code :. Hi Scott, It's failing with the following error.

BTW, it's bash shell. Code :. Last edited by Scott; at PM.. Reason: Guess the code tags. Join Date: Mar Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?

Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 7 years, 4 months ago. Active 7 years, 4 months ago. Viewed 27k times. Add a comment. The new upgraded version of the test command [[ double brackets is supported on most modern systems using Bash, Zsh, and Ksh as a default shell.

When checking if a file exists, the most commonly used FILE operators are -e and -f. The first one will check whether a file exists regardless of the type, while the second one will return true only if the FILE is a regular file not a directory or a device.

The most readable option when checking whether a file exists or not is to use the test command in combination with the if statement.

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