[Techtalk] once again frustrated by bash :(

[Kai MacTane]

At 3/9/04 01:32 PM , Angelina Carlton wrote:
>I cannot see how to test if an argument is a directory or a file.
>
>#!/bin/bash
>if [ -d = "$1" ] ;
>then...

Bash's -d is a unary operator; you just do:

if [ -d "$1" ];

No equals sign necessary.

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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