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bash script file access question

Never mind, my mistake was a simple spelling error :)
thanks anyway

It's acting as though there are no directories that match the pattern *_potHermannSkillman* in the current working directory. I assume that you've already verified that these directories exist and the files you want to process are present. I suggest adding some debug code, like:

pwd
ls
ls *_potHermannStillman*

before the for loop.

-John

Using "#!/bin/bash -x" will probe useful the next time you run into a similar problem, it adds verbosity without having to insert debug echos everywhere in the middle of the script ;)

Also, when dealing with paths and the like, you should really do some basic checks at least in your code. Like these:

Code:

#!/bin/bash -x



input="output"

output="output"

output_file="${output}/ibh_log_graph.dat"



if [ ! -d "$input" ]; then

        mkdir "$input";

fi



if [ ! -d "$output" ]; then

        mkdir "$input";

fi



if [ -f "${output_file}" ] && [ -w "${output_file}" ]; then

        rm -f "${output_file}"

fi