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Re: [ILUG] bash script Q
- From: Waider <waider at dspsrv dot com>
- To: macarthy at iol dot ie
- Cc: "Ilug at Linux dot Ie" <ilug at linux dot ie>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:31:08 +0100 (IST)
- Subject: Re: [ILUG] bash script Q
According to Justin MacCarthy:
> Hi,
> anyone point me to the best bash script option for checking the first 2
> characters of all the files in a directory?
>
> logic of the script is
>
> for each file in directory
> test if the first 2 chars are "%!"
> print Filename valid
> if not
> print Filename not valid
>
>
> Does magic do something like this ?
>
>
> Thanks Justin
Well, I guess file * would tell you they're postscript if they start with "%!"
Or you could use a perl one-liner.
Waider.
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