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> That won't work, that's why I used the '-o' syntax in an earlier post. 
> You can do it this way:
> 
> if [ -f foo ] || [ -f bar ]....
> 
> But that's more typing.. :)

Just tested the following in bash, which was originally a ksh construct:

if [[ -f foo || -f bar ]]; then ....

And it works in bash as well.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey


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