Re: Linux question
- Posted by euphoria at carlw.legend.uk.com Aug 13, 2001
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Mike Nelson wrote: > What is the Linux equivalent of the following DOS command? > > IF EXIST FILE1.TXT DEL FILE1.TXT rm -f file1.txt > (Does rm complain if you try to delete a non-existent file?) Not if you use the -f (force) flag. (It's a good job I parsed the DOS command as a whole, because doing an IF EXIST usually depends on the shell you're using. ;) ) Carl
