unix while loop help

[mettastar]

I need to wait for a n number of files to appear before coming out of the loop. filename will be wildcard

files unnayo levo teluskodaniki i figured it out.. but naku certain number of files untene proceed avvadam elano teliyatle..

my current logic 

while [ ! -f #Path#/Temp/Trigger_#Tag#_* ]; do sleep 2 ; done ; echo 0

 

but naku files equal to certain number untene povali ante etlaa..

[sri_india]

30 minutes ago, mettastar said:

I need to wait for a n number of files to appear before coming out of the loop. filename will be wildcard

files unnayo levo teluskodaniki i figured it out.. but naku certain number of files untene proceed avvadam elano teliyatle..

my current logic 

while [ ! -f #Path#/Temp/Trigger_#Tag#_* ]; do sleep 2 ; done ; echo 0

 

but naku files equal to certain number untene povali ante etlaa..

    @yomama  ki message cheyi bro ..... he may help you 

[mettastar]

kwalling @yomama

[Tesla]

Probably not a sophisticated way but this will do what you are looking for

 

#!/bin/ksh

matcond=1
descount=10 ##assuming you need 10 files
while [ $matcond == 1 ]
do
ls -ltr *touch* > tempfile
count=$(wc -l < tempfile)
echo $count
if [ $count -eq $descount ]
then matcond=2
else
sleep 2
fi
done

[dkchinnari]

Umcle nee unix lolli endhi..nu datastage ghaa

[k2s]

[mettastar]

got it 

 

while [ ! -f /Temp/Trigger_* ] || [ -f /Temp/Trigger_* ] && [ "$( ls /Temp/Trigger_* 2> /dev/null | wc -l)" -le "2" ]; do echo sleeping ;sleep 2 ; done ; echo 0

 

evarikain use aithadi
 

[sri_india]

1 minute ago, mettastar said:

got it 

 

while [ ! -f /Temp/Trigger_* ] || [ -f /Temp/Trigger_* ] && [ "$( ls /Temp/Trigger_* 2> /dev/null | wc -l)" -le "2" ]; do echo sleeping ;sleep 2 ; done ; echo 0

 

evarikain use aithadi
 

 

[mettastar]

6 minutes ago, dkchinnari said:

Umcle nee unix lolli endhi..nu datastage ghaa

DS lo using vuncle

[yomama]

uncle db lo notifications ravu, but someone already answered u query i guess

[sri_india]

52 minutes ago, yomama said:

uncle db lo notifications ravu, but someone already answered u query i guess

inka easy solution emina undhaa bro deeniki .... 

[mettastar]

3 hours ago, Tesla said:

Probably not a sophisticated way but this will do what you are looking for

 

#!/bin/ksh

matcond=1
descount=10 ##assuming you need 10 files
while [ $matcond == 1 ]
do
ls -ltr *touch* > tempfile
count=$(wc -l < tempfile)
echo $count
if [ $count -eq $descount ]
then matcond=2
else
sleep 2
fi
done

Dont want to write a script bro.. inline lo chedham ani. i got it. thanks though