<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Server: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FreeBSD 9.2</div><div>Filepro:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5.7.0.4</div><div><br></div><div>I am looking a way to have filepro verify whether a file exists using only a partial file name (like grep). This will be used with photographs from all sorts of cameras so instead of trying to account for every possible camera filename structure, i would like to be able to supply filepro with 3-4 numbers and a directory and have filepro determine if a file with that number exists in a file name. that will be accurate enough for what i need the code to do. </div><div><br></div><div>below is a simple file list, and beneath that is how i would imagine i would use the exists command to accomplish what i am trying to do (however it does not appear to work with asterisk variables). Is there either different syntax to use with the exists command, or possibly a different command that will do this? I could use a system command that could LS the directory and then grep the result to a file, and then use exists on that output file, but i am looking to see if there is a more elegant solution self contained within filepro itself. Thank you very much in advance. </div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="Andale Mono">[root@filepro a]# ls</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono">IMGP0997.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP0999.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP1001.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP1003.JPG</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono">IMGP0998.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP1000.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP1002.JPG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>IMGP1004.JPG</font></div></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Andale Mono">::aa="0998":</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono">:exists("/tmp/a/*"{aa{"*") eq "1":msgbox aa<"exists":</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>
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