test if file(s) from a given pattern exists in bash

Question

How do I test if a file (or many) named from given pattern exists and do stuff based on that test?

This is my failed attempt:

[[ { ls ../outputListWorkerPid_* |  wc -l } -ge "1" ]] && echo "ARRRRRR" || && echo "FAIL"

But I got the following error:

bash: conditional binary operator expected
bash: syntax error near `ls'

Also it would be nice to avoid the No such file or directory from ls in case the doesn't exists.

Does this answer help you at all? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6363441/check-if-a-file-exists-with-wildcard-in-shell-script — AlexLordThorsen, Apr 09 '13 at 17:01

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 17:29

-1

Use an if-statement:

if [ "$(ls *.txt | wc -l)" -ge "1" ];
then
  echo "Yes";
else
  echo "No";
fi;

Does that answer your question?

answered Apr 09 '13 at 17:29

Matt W

2

If there are no *.txt files I get "ls: cannot access *.txt: No such file or directory" – Phil Dec 29 '20 at 22:43

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