From: Bruce Zimmer (b.r.zimmer@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 10:47:27 EDT
Try using
rsh "if [ -f <filename> ]; then echo 0; else echo 1; fi"
HTH
Bruce Zimmer
bzimmer@centraldata.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Green, Simon
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:13 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Scripting: Check existence of file on remote system
>
>
> I'm writing a Korn Shell script and want to check whether a specific file
> exists on a remote server. i.e. rsh remote_server some-command
>
> Is there a neater way of doing this than ls and grep? (I don't
> want to have
> a script running on the remote server.)
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
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>
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