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Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 15:43:59 -0800
From: David Chamberlain <DavidC@OIAPDX.yoshida.com>
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Subject: Stupid shell question
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I am very new to Unix and FreeBSD so forgive me...

I am trying to write an if statement in a shell script that executes a
series of lines if *any* file exists in a specified directory.  Ie:

if [ file exists in send dir ]
then
   do this
   and this
   etc
fi

Can someone tell me how to do this? Can someone also recommed
a good book on shell programming.  (Unix shell scripts for
dummies?)

Thanks,
David Chamberlain
Oregon International Airfreight
davidc@oiapdx.yoshida.com