[ILUG] bash script Q
Waider
waider@dspsrv.com
Fri Apr 5 08:24:00 GMT 2002
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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