Question

#!/bin/sh

[ $# -ge 1 ] || {
   cat <<- EOF
       NAME
       globs.any.sh - displays entries in the current directory that match any of the given globs

       SYNOPSIS
       $(basename $0) glob[...]

       DESCRIPTION
       Displays the names in the current directory that match ANY of the given globs.
       Each file is displayed at most once.

       EXIT STATUS
       0 if any name matched any glob
       1 if no name matched any glob
       2 if no glob given

       NOTES
       use case in to do the glob matching

       EXAMPLES

       \$ $(basename $0) '*'
       123
       abc
       abc123
       xxx

       \$ $(basename $0) '*c*' '*1*' '*z*'
       123
       abc
       abc123

   EOF
   exit 2
} >&2

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Answer 1

Please find the following shell script to match the file patterns given as part of scripts command line arguments.

Note: I have added comments inline and screen shots for better understanding.

You can copy , paste script in a new file named "glob.any.sh"

Program:

#!/bin/sh

[ $# -ge 1 ] || {
cat <<-EOF
NAME
globs.any.sh - displays entries in the current directory that match any of the given globs

SYNOPSIS
$(basename $0) glob[...]

DESCRIPTION
Displays the names in the current directory that match ANY of the given globs.
Each file is displayed at most once.

EXIT STATUS
0 if any name matched any glob
1 if no name matched any glob
2 if no glob given

NOTES
use case in to do the glob matching

EXAMPLES

\$ $(basename $0) '*'
123
abc
abc123
xxx

\$ $(basename $0) '*c*' '*1*' '*z*'
123
abc
abc123

   EOF
exit 2
} >&2

#execute ls pattern, to check whether we have any file macthes the glob
#$* store all the parameters passed to the shell script
#output of ls command will not be shown in the console

file=""
total=0
pattern=""

for pattern in $*
do
ls $pattern >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? == 0 ]
then
total=$((total+1))
#append the file list in variable "file"
   file=$file" "$pattern
fi
done

#if total is more than 0, then exit with 0, else, exit 1
if [ $total -ge 1 ]
then
#display the list of files in one in a line
echo $file|tr " " "\n"
#exit with the ret value
exit 0
else
exit 1
fi

Sample Output:

We can use "echo $?" to verify the return/exit value of the script

osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ ./glob.sh liiffsf*
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ echo $?
1
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ ./glob.sh
NAME
globs.any.sh - displays entries in the current directory that match any of the given globs

SYNOPSIS
glob.sh glob[...]

DESCRIPTION
Displays the names in the current directory that match ANY of the given globs.
Each file is displayed at most once.

EXIT STATUS
0 if any name matched any glob
1 if no name matched any glob
2 if no glob given

NOTES
use case in to do the glob matching

EXAMPLES

$ glob.sh '*'
123
abc
abc123
xxx

$ glob.sh '*c*' '*1*' '*z*'
123
abc
abc123

osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ echo $?
2

osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ ./glob.sh 1*
1test
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ echo $?
0
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ ./glob.sh 1* 1231232*
1test
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ echo $?
0
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ ./glob.sh 1231232*
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ echo $?
1
osboxes@osboxes:~/Chegg/SHELL$ :

Screen Shot

Sample Output Screen Shot: