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10th March 2010, 05:06 PM

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if csh false command syntax

i try code but it is not working, can you give me syntax?

Code:

 if [ -f myfile ]
 then
   printf "myfile already found\n"
 fi

what wrong with my code?

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if ( -e /path/to/file ) echo "file found"

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