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Old 07-01-2014, 04:52 AM   #1
jonnybinthemix
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If inside a for loop


Hey Guys,

Quick one... been researching this but to no avail.

If I have a For Loop that looks something like:

Code:
for i in $XXX; do
command
done
If I want to put an if statement in there to say, if file exists move to the next file.. how would I go about it?

I've tried something like:

Code:
for i in $XXX; do
if [ -f $i ]; then next
else
command
fi
done
However it does not like the next, I've also tried skip...

Am I close?
 
Old 07-01-2014, 04:57 AM   #2
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Hi

You could use "continue" instead of "next". Or simply use ! for "not":

Code:
for i in $XXX; do
  if [ ! -f "$i" ]; then 
    command
  fi
done
Also, if you put quotes around $i, it will handle filenames with spaces.
 
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Old 07-01-2014, 10:32 AM   #3
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You could also try:
Code:
[[ -f "$i" ]] && continue
 
  


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