> # Is there a nice way to check if any of a group of files
> # exists using a wildcard? I don't want to get the pesky
> # "No match" messages from ls or test when nothing exists.

for file in $mask;do break;done
if [[ -a $file ]]
   then
   echo "files exist matching $mask"
else
   echo "no files exist matching $mask"
fi

No processes.